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than the Mountain Tajiks. However, a greater age range was covered 

 by these authors. 



The Uzbeks, with the exception of the Khivans, have a much 

 weaker beard development. The Kirghiz have still weaker beards. 

 The beards of Turkomans vary; while the lomuds have beards as 

 strongly developed as the Mountain Tajiks, the Chaudyrs show a 

 weaker degree of development. The beards of Jews and the Arabs 

 are more strongly developed than those of the Tajiks. 



Regarding hair development,'^^ the Darvaz have less growth on 

 the upper lip. The eyebrows of the Darvaz are stronger than those of 

 the Karategin. The amount of chest hair is weak, 31.99 percent being 

 glabrous. The Darvaz had less than the Karategins. Hair on the 

 back was very little, 78.20 percent being glabrous. Pubic hair was 

 also scanty, the Darvaz having less than the Karategins. In general, 

 the body hair was more abundant among the Darvaz. The form of 

 the beard was recorded as : small waves, 49.80 percent ; curly, 38.68 

 percent; deep waves, 9.96 percent; straight, 1.53 percent. 



Curly beards were more frequent in central and eastern Darvaz 

 than in Karategin and southwestern Darvaz, where the deep wave 

 was more common. Straight hair was found in a few cases, only in 

 Karategin. 



Curly beards were found most frequently in the western part of 

 the Tavil-Darya region, least frequently in the Muminabad region. 

 The Uzbeks of Khwarazm have a much greater percentage of straight- 

 haired beards; among the Issyk-Kul Kirghiz straight beards are in 

 majority. 



Head Form 



Occiput No. Percent 



Flat 51 444 



Round 44 37.9 



Prominent 12 10.3 



Indeterminate 9 7.8 



Forehead No. Percent 



Strongly sloping 22 18.33 



Medium 76 63.33 



Straight 22 18.33 



Browridges 



Category No. Percent 



Absent or weak 13 10.83 



Medium 42 35-00 



Strong 53 44-i6 



Very marked 12 10.00 



''"' The form of the head hair could not be determined because all the heads 

 were shaved. 



