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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 59 



COMPARISON OF THE MEASUREMENTS OF THE KHARGA MEN WITH THOSE 

 OF SOUDANESE AND OTHER NEGROES 



Peoples (males) 



Kharga 

 Oasis 



Negroes: 

 Nilotic 

 group 



Negroes: 

 Nubian 

 group 



Negroes: 

 American 

 (full blood) 



Observers 



Hrdlicka 



Chantre 



Chantre 



Hrdlicka 



Number of cases 



Mean age, years 



Stature, cm 



Height sitting, per cent of total height 

 Head: 



Length, cm 



Breadth, cm 



Bi-meatus line-bregma height, cm 



Cephalic index 



Cephalic module, cm 



Per mille relation of cephalic mod- 

 ule to stature 



Face; 



Chin-nasion, cm 



Chin-hair line, cm 



Height of forehead, cm 



Diam. bizygomatic max., cm..... 



Facial index, physiognomic 



Facial index, anatomic 



Nose; 



Height, cm 



Breadth, cm . 



Index 



Diam. frontal min., cm 



Diam. bigonial, cm 



Mouth, widtn, cm 



Left ear; 



Height, cm 



Breadth, cm 



Index 



Left hand; 



Length, cm 



Breadth, cm 



Index 



Left foot: 



Length, cm 



Breadth, cm 



Index 



Left leg, circumference, cm 



150 



40 



163.8 

 51.26 



18.9 

 14. 1 

 13.2 

 74.9 

 15-4 



94 



n-35 



17.6 



6.2 



13-15 



86.3 



74.7 



4-87 



3- 

 76. 

 10. 

 10. 



5- 



6. 



3- 

 58. 



190 



8.8 



46.3 



25-4 

 10. 

 39.4 

 320 



35 

 174. 1 



18.94 

 13-95 



73.66 



13-3 



4.08 



4-3 

 105.4 



5-3 



26 

 169.0 



18.98 



14. 1 



74.53 



13.26 



4.2 

 4.42 

 105.0 



5-2 



20 

 36 -.2 



168.6 

 51-43 



19.6 

 15-0 

 13-5 

 76.3 

 16-0 



95-0 



11. 9 



17-95 

 6.05 



13-97 



85.1 



73.5 



4.9 



4-57 

 92.5 

 10.6 

 10.8 



5-7 



5 



3 



61 



20.0 



9-15 

 45.7 



26.8 

 10.3 

 38.3 

 36-9 



9. CONCLUSIONS 



The Kharga Oasis Egyptians are people in general of somewhat 

 subnormal physical development, due principally to long lasting 

 defective nutrition. 



The majority of the people are as yet but little mixed with the 

 negro. 



