NO. I 
NATIVES OF KHARGA OASIS HRDLICKA 
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vations) but is smaller (by about 2 points) than that of white men of 
the same body height as these Egyptians. It is even slightly smaller 
(by about I point) than the average in the American Indian. 1 The 
head of the Kharga native is therefore both absolutely and relatively 
rather small. 
KHARGA OASIS, MEN: CEPHALIC MODULE IN THE SHORTEST, MEDIUM 
AND TALLEST INDIVIDUALS 
Stature below 158 cm. 
Stature 163.1-165 cm. 
Stature above 170 cm. 
Per millc rela- 
Per mille rela- 
Per mille rela- 
Stature 
tion of cephalic 
module to 
Stature 
tion of cephalic 
module to 
Stature 
tion of cephalic 
module to 
stature 
stature 
stature 
150.6 
IOI.8 
163.1 
Q2.8 
170.5 
91.9 
152.3 
IOI.I 
163.2 
97-6 
170.7 
92.4 
152.3 
99-9 
163.3 
98.3 
I7I.I 
91.6 
153-6 
97-2 
163.3 
95-3 
I7I.3 
94-5 
154-5 
96.2 
163.4 
97.0 
172.2 
98.0 
155-2 
101.6 
163.4 
06.2 
172.4 
87.8 
155-7 
100.3 
163.5 
91.4 
172.4 
g2.I 
155-7 
101.5 
163.6 
93-0 
172.5 
89.7 
155.7 
99.7 
163.7 
90.6 
172.7 
91-3 
155.9 
156.0 
97-5 
95-6 
164.0 
164.1 
94-1 
91.7 
172.7 
173.8 
p-4 
156.3 
96.4 
164.3 
92.4 
174.5 
! 
156.5 
99.2 
164.4 
93.6 
174.6 
87.6 
157-5 
92.9 
164.5 
91.2 
157-6 
97-1 
164.7 
93-6 
157.8 
93-8 
164.7 
95-5 
164.8 
94.6 
164.8 
94-5 
164.8 
95-7 
165.0 
95-6 
165.0 
95-0 
Averages (16 individuals) 
(21 individuals) 
(13 individuals) 
155.2 
98.2 
164.1 
94.3 
172.4 
90.5 
The second table shows the effects of stature on the size of the 
head among the Oasis men themselves. These effects are seen to 
be pronounced and quite uniform ; there is, of course, some individ- 
ual variation, but it is small. In general the higher the stature, the 
1 Six groups of the latter show the following conditions : 
Average Average 
stature cephalic module 
1. 50 Otomi men 159.3 15.5 
2. 50 Aztec men 161.0 15.4 
3. 50 Tarasco men 163.1 
4- 53 Cora men 164.1 l[ 
5. 50 Apache men 170.0 
6. 53 Pima men 171.8 15.9 
(306) Mean 164.9 
15-7 
Head-stature 
index 
97-3 
95-8 
95-0 
96.3 
94.0 
92.3 
95-1 
