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PYGMIES AND FOREST NEGROES 



The following indices have been calculated, and are contrasted with those of 

 other races : — 



liadio-humeral 



Humero-femoral . 



Tibio-femoral 



Inter-menibral (hume- 

 rus and radius : 

 femur and tibia) 



The dimensions of the scapula? are 



Professor Flower, in the table shown below, draws attention to the remarkable 

 •characters of the Akka scapula? ; those of the Bambute are still more remarkable : — 



Scapular index 

 Infraspinous index 



However, as has been pointed out by Turner in the ChaUencjer reports, this index 

 shows great individual variation, and much stress must not be laid on any save large 

 series of observations. 



Proportions According to Height. (Stature = 100.) 



Humerus 

 Jiadius . 

 Femur . 

 Tibia . 



Humphry, " A Treatise on the Human Skeleton." 



