NO. I 
NATIVES OF KHARGA OASIS HRDLICKA 
KHARGA OASIS, MEN: RELATION OF DIAMETER FRONTAL MINIMUM TO 
BREADTH OF FACE AND BREADTH OF HEAD 
19 narrowest foreheads : 
less than 10.0 cm. 
19 broadest foreheads: 
10.7 cm. and above 
Diameter Diameter 
Greatest 
Diameter 
Diameter 
Greatest 
frontal 
bizygomatic 
breadth 
frontal 
bizygomatic 
breadth 
minimum 
maximum 
of head 
minimum 
maximum 
of head 
cm. 
cm. 
cm. 
cm. 
cm. 
cm. 
9-4 
12. 1 
13 o 
10.7 
13-6 
14.6 
9-4 
13-7 
I4.I 
10-7 
12.9 
14.2 
9 4 13-8 
14.4 
10 7 
13-4 
I4.I 
9.6 
12.8 
13-4 
10.7 
136 
13-9 
9.6 
12.0 
13-2 
10.7 
13-4 
15-0 
9-7 
12-9 
13 8 
10.7 
13-4 
14.2 
9-7 
13-3 
14.0 
10.7 
13-3 
13-9 
97 
12 6 
13-8 
10.7 
I3-I 
14.4 
9.8 
13-0 
14.4 
10.7 
I3-I 
14.2 
9.8 
13 2 
13-4 
10.7 
13-9 
14-3 
9.8 
13-8 
13-4 
10.8 
12.8 
14.7 
9-8 
13-0 
13-3 
10.8 
13-9 
I4.I 
9.8 
13-8 
14.2 
10.8 
13-4 
I4.O 
9.8 
12.6 
14.0 
10.8 
12.9 
13-4 
9.8 
12 5 
13-6 
10.9 
13.0 
14.0 
9.9 
12.5 
13 9 
10.9 
13-7 
14.2 
9-9 
12.6 
14.8 
10.9 
13-2 
14.4 
9 9 
13-0 
14-5 
10.9 
13-6 
14-6 
9 9 
13-1 
13-9 
II. 2 
13-4 
14-3 
Averages : 
9.7 
(9.4-9.9) 
13.0 
(12.0-13.8) 
13.8 
(13.0-14.8) 
10.8 
(10.7-11-2) 
13.35 
(12.8-13-9) 
14.2 
(13.4-15.0) 
Per cent : 
100 
74.6 
70 3 
100 
80.9 
76.1 
Averages and per cent that would exist if the rela- 
tion of the measurements were the same as in the 
group with lowest foreheads. 
(14-5) 
(83.1} 
(15-4) 
(78.3} 
Width of the Mouth 1 
One hundred observations on the Kharga men concerning this 
feature give the average of 5.4 cm., representing a medium dimen- 
sion. The range of variation is not very large, extending over 13 
mm. which represents 0.12 per unit of the average. The distri- 
bution is regular. 
1 Between the extremities of the oral fissure with the mouth closed and face 
at rest. 
