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They are also higher than any of the averages in Broca s Table B,* except the modern Europeans 

 and some of the ancient Parisians. They are higher than those of the French of the Polished 

 Stone period. This Table B of Broca s shows 29 series, representing the most diverse races of the 

 world, and is therefore an excellent basis for comparison. 



31. THE OLECRANON PERFORATION. 



Iii the prevalence of the olecranou perforation the ancient inhabitants of the Salt River Valley 

 stand, so far as we can learn, at the head of the human race. The following table shows the per 

 centage of this anomaly in 24 series, of more than 15 humeri each, representing many different 

 races and periods of time and arranged in order from the highest to the lowest percentage. It 

 will be seen that the ancient Saladoans stand easily at the head of the list. We might have 

 enlarged this table from our researches into the literature of the subject and by including smaller 

 series, and yet have given no race precedence over the Saladoans. 



TABLE S. Showing percentages of olecranon perforation in different peoples. 



Perhaps some of the perforations were not counted. The bones of the Salado series, as before 

 remarked, were very fragile, and the thin partition between the fossa 1 , of the huincrns was some 

 times broken by accident. Pains were taken to distinguish between the natural and the accidental 



*0p. 



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