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dojichocephaly . Only two skulls in the series give averages above 75 . 

 The female skulls are more inclined to be mesocephalic, the average 

 being 76.06. If we compare this figure with the adolescent average 

 (75.26) we are again struck by the similarity of the female to the 

 adolescent type. The infantile skulls give the high average of 

 77.68, owing to their lesser length. The breadth (126.5) remains 

 remarkably close to the adult skulls. 



In Table 2 a comparison has been made of the cranial indices of 

 the various branches of Eskimo. It will be seen that the cephalic 



TABLE 2. 



COMPARATIVE TABLE OF CEPHALIC, ALTITUDINAL, AND HEIGHT-BREADTH INDICES OF 



ESKIMO GROUPS 



index increases from the east to the west, while the altitudinal and 

 height-breadth indices decrease. That is, the head becomes less 

 elongated and scaphoid, and more rounding in the west. Un 

 fortunately, we do not possess figures for the indices of the sexes 

 over this entire area, but in the central region the female cephalic 

 and altitudinal index is slightly higher than that of the male and in 

 the Point Barrow skulls notably so. Two female skulls in the Bering 

 strait group have cephalic indices of 75.14 and 78.57 as compared to 

 the indices of 72.68 and 78.87 in the two male skulls. The shorter 



1 Four Greenland skulls were included in this index. 



2 Cephalic index for 100 skulls, other indices for 99. 



