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The facial index of the Kazakhs depends on their very great abso- 

 lute facial breadth (mean for both women and men 148.98). No 

 significant variation in facial breadth was discovered between the 

 various tribal groups, with the possible exception of the somewhat 

 less broad-faced Jettru women. 



Nasal Index 



All Kazakh groups, in spite of their broad faces, are mesorrhine 

 with a leptorrhine tendency. The average for men is 71.64 (56.1 

 percent), and for women 71.62 (52.2 percent). Of men, 40.8 percent, 

 and of women, 44.5 percent were leptorrhine. In the platyrrhine 

 category there were 3.0 percent males and 3.3 percent females. A 

 slight tendency toward narrower noses is discernible among the 

 Alimuly and Jettru groups, both in the mean nasal index and in the 

 number of leptorrhines. 



The distribution curves show the undoubted presence of two ele- 

 ments among the Kazakhs, one leptorrhine, and the other, predominat- 

 ing, mesorrhine. The two elements are found in all tribal groups, but 

 are most clearly discernible in the case of the Aktiubinsk Baiuly and 

 Alimuly. Nasal indices for the Middle Horde recorded by Ivanovskii 

 do not differ materially from Rudenko's groups (71.78; leptorrhine, 

 54.0 percent; mesorrhine and platyrrhine together, 46.0 percent). 

 Platyrrhines account for only 8.0 percent of the women (mean 72.25). 



The nasal height (nasion-subnasale) is 53.16 for males, 48.38 for 

 females. No material difference in this respect had been observed 

 between tribes, with the exception of the Kustanai Baiuly (men and 

 women) who, having a nasal index similar to the other groups, had 

 somewhat lesser absolute nasal dimensions. 



Nasal length No. Range Mean 



Baiuly A 132 45-63 53.10 



Baiuly K 79 45-60 51.73 



Alimuly 140 44-67 53.52 



Jettru 65 40-66 54.96 



Kipchak 48 46-63 52.54 



Total or mean 464 40-67 53-i6 



Nasal index No. Range Mean Lepto. Meso. Platy. 



Baiuly A 132 57.4-90.0 72.30 35.6 61.3 3.0 



Baiuly K 79 554-88.9 72.08 36.7 60.8 2.5 



Alimuly 139 50.0-92.5 70.76 46.0 50.3 3.6 



Jettru 65 56.3-85-5 70.32 50.7 47-7 i-5 



Kipchak 48 55-9-88.6 72.96 33.3 62.5 4.2 



Total or mean 463 50.0-92.5 71.64 40.8 56.1 3.0 



