NO. 1 
NATIVES OF KHARGA OASIS HRDLICKA 
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KHARGA OASIS, MEN: CEPHALIC INDEX 
Number of individuals: 150. 
Average cephalic index: 74.83* (ist 50: 74.5; 2d 50: 74.8; 3d 50: 75.2.) 
Median: 75.0. Modes: 7^.5 (72.1-73) and 75.5 (75.1-76). 
Minimum : 68.2. Maximum : 80.9. 
Table of frequencies: 
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R 
M 
tx 
i 
$ 
S 
V 
I 
^ 
i 
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3 
T 
8 

R 

i. 
R 
S 

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& 
* 
R 
5 
Number of cases. 
I 
2 
6 
IS 
19 
17 
15 
26 
17 
M 
7 
9 
3 
Per cent 
0.7 
liJ 
4.0 
10.0 
12.7 
J7.J 
.70. 
17.3 
J7.J 
4.7 
6.0 
1 Probable error = 0.146; standard deviation, <r, =2.655, 0.103; coef- 
ficient of variability, C, = 3.544, 0.138. 
The length of the head, the breadth of the head and the cephalic 
index of the men at Kharga show in general a close relation to 
similar determinations made by Chantre and Myers on the Valley 
Egyptians, as will be seen from the following comparison : 
Head: 
Subjects Observer Length Breadth Index 
150 Kharga Oasis men Hrdlicka 18.9 14.1 74.9 
127 Copts Chantre 18.85 14-2 75.2 
91 Fellaheen Chantre 19.0 14.2 74.7 
44 Copts (soldiers) Myers 19.3 14.3 74.0 
369 Egyptian Moslems (soldiers) Myers 1946 14.43 74-3 
Myers' subjects, selected in recruiting for their tall stature, give 
naturally higher absolute values for the length and breadth meas- 
urements than the other series, but the index remains much the 
same as in the other groups ; it varies, as seen, only to the extent of 
1.2 points in the five series recorded. 
The cephalic index of the Kharga men agrees well with that of 
the Coptic mummies of the Oasis, and also, as will be shown below 
on one hand with that of the Arabs, and on the other with that 
of most of the Berbers and other non-negroid north-Africans. Of 
course it should be borne in mind that the similarity of the cephalic 
index is of anthropological value only when other important charac- 
teristics of the given groups are alike. Such agreement actually 
exists in the here adduced non-negroid peoples. 
