SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 59 
KHARGA OASIS, MEN: HEIGHT AND HEIGHT SITTING IN THE SHORTEST 
AND TALLEST INDIVIDUALS 
Stature 157.5 cra an ^ l ess 
Stature 170 cm. and more. 
Percental 
Percental 
Percental 
Percental 
Stature 
Height sit- 
ting 
relation of 
height sit- 
ting to 
relation of 
the parts 
infra ischia 
Stature 
Height sit- 
ting 
relation of 
height sit- 
ting to 
relation of 
the parts 
infra ischia 
stature 
to stature 
stature 
to stature 
cm. 
cm. 
150.6 
79 8 
53-0 
47-0 
170.5 
85.6 
50.2 
49-8 
152.3 
80.4 
52.8 
47.2 
170.7 
89.5 
52.4 
47.6 
152.3 
80.3 
52.7 
47-3 
171.1 
88.5 
51-7 
48.3 
153-6 
81.7 
53.2 
46.8 
I7I.3 
87.4 
51.0 
49-0 
154-5 
81.0 
52.4 
47-6 
172.2 
87.6 
50.9 
49.1 
155-2 
81.2 
52.3 
47-7 
172.4 
84.8 
49-2 
50.8 
155.7 
81.4 
52.3 
47-7 
172.4 
87.1 
50.5 
49.5 
155.7 
155.7 
75-1 
78.6 
48.2 
50.5 
Si.* 
49-5 
172.5 
172.7 
49-2 
5i. i 
50.8 
48.9 
155-9 
156.0 
79.9 
80. i 
51-2 
5i-3 
48.8 
48.7 
172.7 
173-8 
88.3 
85.5 
5i.i 
49-2 
48.9 
50.8 
156.3 
80.4 
5i-4 
48.6 
174.5 
90.4 
51-8 
48.2 
156.5 
79-0 
50.5 
49-5 
174-6 
85.8 
49.1 
50.9 
157.5 
82.1 
52.1 
47-9 
Averages (14 individuals): 
Averages (13 individuals): 
154.8 
80.1 
51.7 
48.3 
172.4 
87.4 
50.6 
49.4 
As to the effect of age on the relative proportion of the upper and 
lower parts of the body, the Kharga series shows nothing definite ; 
but it includes no really senile individuals. It seems safe to assume 
that, due principally to the frequent greater bending of the spine in 
the aged, the average value of the height above ischia in relation 
to that below the ischia diminishes in advanced age. This principle 
is, of course, applicable to all groups of mankind, not merely the 
Egyptians. 
THE HEAD 
Length of Head 
The maximum length of the head averages 18.9 centimeters, which 
is a fair dimension. Its range of variation extends over 28 mm., 
equaling 0.74 per each cm. of the average, which is not excessive. 
The curve of distribution of the measurement (fig. 4) is somewhat 
unusual. 
