NO. I 
NATIVES OF KHARGA OASIS HRDLICKA 
49 
The conditions shown by this measurement in the Kharga men 
were as follows : * 
KHARGA OASIS, MEN: HEIGHT OF HEAD 
Number of individuals measured: 150. 
Average: 13.17 cm. 1 (ist 50: 13.2; 2d 50: 13.1; 3d 50: 13.2 cm.) 
Median: 13.2 cm. Modes: 13.0 and 13.4 cm. 
Minimum : 12.3 cm. Maximum : 14.1 cm. 
Table of frequencies : 
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Number of cases 
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8 
6 
2 
Per cent 
9 
2 7 
9 3 
12 7 
20 7 
21 3 
20 7 
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4 
7 J 
1 Probable error =0.020; standard deviation, <r, =0.3646, 0.014; co- 
efficient of variability, C, =2.762, 0.108. 
The average height of the head, based on the above measurements, 
namely 13.17 cm., corresponds to a somewhat higher basion-bregma 
height on the skull and indicates that the cranium of the Kharga 
Oasis natives is relatively of moderate height. 
The variation of this dimension extends to 18 mm., which is 
0.069 f r eacn cm - f the mean measurement. 
Several interesting features are revealed by the study of the rela- 
tion of the height of the head to the form of the head, the height of 
the body, and the size of the head. 
As shown in the following table, the relation between the height 
of the head and the cephalic index is quite insignificant. The 
average of the cephalic index in the lowest and the highest heads is 
very much alike. Among the lowest heads seven are dolichocephalic 
(below 75), while among those of the highest heads there are eight 
of that form. 
It may then be concluded that in the Kharga men the head form 
as expressed by the cephalic index is not in any appreciable way 
dependent on, nor does it affect in any appreciable way, the height of 
the head. 
The relation of stature to the height of the head is more evident. 
The series of lowest heads shows an association with notably smaller 
1 For results of the measurement on the American Indian, see writer's 
"Physiological and Medical Observations, etc." p. 118. 
