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This point of view is supported by the fact that in comparison 

 with the Uzbeks of Khwarazm the native population of Tashkent is 

 much less Mongolized. However, the opposite was to be expected 

 from both historical and geographical considerations. The admixture 

 of "Asiatic" inheritable traits among the settled peoples of the oasis 

 was introduced largely by Uzbeks who settled mainly in Khwarazm 

 and Mawerannahr ; Tashkent received a relatively smaller admixture 

 of Uzbeks. 



KAZAKHS OF THE ALTAI 



lArkho '^* measured 120 individuals of the Naiman, Kirei, and 

 Kara-Kirei tribes of the Middle Horde Kazakhs, in the Chuiskaia 

 steppes of the southeastern Altai. This is one of the easternmost 

 Kazakh groups. The Chuiskaia steppe is populated by 2,175 Kazakhs 

 ("Kirghiz") who are Moslems, 1,500 Telengets (who represent the 

 ancient Turkish stratum, being an Altaic tribe practicing Shamanism), 

 a few Russians, Tannu-Tuvans (Soiots), and Mongols. The last two 

 are Buddhist groups. Because of religious differences, no mestization 

 is practiced between the Kazakhs and these other peoples. 



From the statistical tables the following conclusions have been 

 drawn : 



1. The Kazakhs are a strongly brachycephalic (medium-long), 

 and broad-headed euryprosopic (long- and broad-faced), leptorrhine 

 (narrow-nosed) group. 



2. These peculiarities differentiate them from many peoples of 

 Asia and the world. 



3. This complex of traits places them close to certain tribes of 

 Asia, e.g., the Telengets (in Altai), Buriats, Tannu-Tuvans, Torguts, 

 and possibly the Yakuts. 



4. By comparing their morphological peculiarities with those of 

 other brachycephals of Europe and Asia Anterior it is discovered 

 that a significant difference is observed not only in the structure of 

 the facial skeleton, but also in the cranial structure. Thus, the brachy- 

 cephaly of the Dinaric and Armenoid types (as well as that of some 

 other Asiatic and North American tribes) is determined, to a great 

 extent, by the decrease in head length. 



5. Comparison of our data with that of other authors does not 

 show any significant discrepancies. Thus, the analysis of head and 

 facial measurements of the Kazakhs puts them close to certain other 



'■^ lArkho, A. I., Kazaki Russkogo Altaia: Rasovye tipy Altae-Saianskogo 

 Nagoria. Severnaia Aziia, Nos. 1-2, pp. 76-99, 1930. 



