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slight tendency towards brachycephalism, having average 

 ceph. indices from 79 to 82'9 in living suhjects. The 

 Chinese and the Coreans show also a great tendency to- 

 wards hypsicephalism having from i to f of hypsicephals, 

 who are not found among the Tibetans. The first are 

 considered by us as typical H. Asiaticus while the second 

 appear as H. Asiaticus tibetanus. 



Last of all there remains Indo-China which in Map 

 VII of Biasutti present the whole variation of the ceph. 

 ind., while the somewhat high percentage of hypsicephal- 

 ism characterises them. Of the various areas which 

 may be distinguished in Indo-China, the most extensive 

 one appears to be that which goes towards the Gulf of 

 Siam, in which there is confirmed brachycephalism with 

 indices of 83 and more on an average in living subjects. 

 The natives, who show this strong brachycephalism have 

 been denominated by us H. Asiaticus meridionalis ; 

 while the others who show Dolicho-mesaticephalism have 

 been called H. Asiaticus protomorphus. 



Let us now examine Biasutti's other maps and draw 

 conclusions from them. Map IV, which relates to stature, 

 also shows that there are distinct zones and areas. One 

 of them appears clearly to be confined to the extreme 

 N. E. ; the area of the Neo-arctics above mentioned, whose 

 stature is rather low. Lower still is that of all the 

 Pala3oarctic peoples. A perceptible rise is seen in the 

 Altaics according to the tables transcribed by me (cf. 

 tab. 1), although they always remain below the average. 

 Nor are the gre \i majority of ethnical groups in Central 

 Asia tall, not even the Chinese and the Coreans. Of low 

 stature are the people of Indo-China and the Tibetans, 

 leaving aside a few groups. One may conclude that 

 R. Asiaticus is essentially of lo\v stature, having only 

 some local groups of high stature ; but, even in the very 

 slight oscillations of this characteristic, certain lines 



