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mans vary comparably to Tajiks in Karategin and Darvaz respectively. 

 Arab facial breadth approaches that of Karategin Tajiks. Smallest 

 bizygomatic breadth is found in the Jews who are comparable to south- 

 western Darvaz Tajiks. 



Frontal height (M = 55.5) is medium, but varies by regions. 

 The greatest is found in southwestern Darvaz (M = 56.21) ; Karate- 

 gin (M = 55.04) has the intermediate place, while lowest frontal 

 height is found in central and eastern Darvaz (M = 53.06). 



Minimum frontal diameter (M = 107.51) is of average size for 

 Central Asia, and does not vary greatly in different regions, being 

 greater in Karategin and lesser in southwestern Darvaz than in central 

 and eastern Darvaz. 



Frontal-zygomatic index varies to a greater degree because of 

 greater intensivity of the decrease of zygomatic diameter in various 

 regions. 



Tajiks from Ferghana, Turkomans, and Chaudyrs have a similar 

 index ; Kirghiz and Uzbeks, somewhat greater ; lomuds, much smaller. 



Bigonial breadth is small and varies: Karategin 108.23; central 

 and eastern Darvaz 107.89; and southwestern Darvaz 106.36. 

 Ferghana Tajiks and Kirghiz have greater breadth, Uzbeks and 

 Turkomans the same or greater. 



Morphological face index (M = 90.17) is leptoprosopic. There are 

 more hyperleptoprosopic individuals than mesoprosopic. Eurypro- 

 sopics were very rare and hypereuryprosopic individuals were prac- 

 tically absent. Morphological face index does not vary by region, 

 greatest deviation being in Vanch region, with a lower index pre- 

 vailing as a result of generally lower morphological height. 



Because of variation of method, it is impossible to compare the 

 morphological face index of the Mountain Tajiks with most of the 

 other peoples measured. Ferghana (lArkho), Pendzhikent (Vish- 

 nevskii), and Bukhara (Oshanin) Tajiks have a similar index as do 

 the Kirghiz, Uzbeks, and Jews; Turkomans have a slightly higher 

 index. 



Physiognomic face index (M = 77.55) is of medium size, with pre- 

 ponderance of lower values. The variations are not great and, in 

 general, correspond to those of the morphological face index. 



The physiognomic face index of southwestern Darvaz and Surkh 

 Oba Valley Tajiks is similar to that of Ferghana Tajiks. The index 

 of Kirghiz, Uzbeks, and Turkomans varies within the same range as 

 that of Mountain Tajiks. 



Thus it may be stated that in Central Asia facial indices are better 

 suited for the characterization of subdivisions within a group than 



