SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 59 
KHARGA OASIS, MEN: HEIGHT OF LEFT EAR 
Number of individuals measured : 105. 
Average : 6.3 cm. (ist 50 : 6.33 ; 2d 50 : 6.28 cm.) 
Median : 6.3 cm. Modes : 6.2 and 6.4 cm. 
Minimum : 5.4 cm. Maximum : 7.4 cm. 
Table of frequencies: 
B 
B 
B 
B 
EJ 
g 
B 
g 
u 
u 
g* 
u 
u 
o 

g 
u 
u 
c 
vo 
00 
o 
CNI 
Tf 
vo 
00 
o 
w 
<fr 
^ 
T 
10 

IN 
3 
^ 
^ 
1 
4 
1 
X 
1O 
10 
1O 
10 
VO 
vo 
vo 
vo* 
vo 
^ 
^ 
Number of cases 
2 
2 
8 
21 
18 
6 
3 
4 
3 
Per cent 
1.9 
1-9 
7.6 
14.3 
27 .$> 
5-7 
The breadth of the ear in the Kharga natives averages 3.7 cm. 
In the above referred to Schwalbe's series of Alsatians and Germans 
the same measurement averaged 3.97 cm., or, if we take only the 
group of 125 ears of individuals from 20 to 59 years of age, which 
is more comparable with the Kharga series, the mean breadth was 
3.91 cm. The Kharga men have, evidently, an ear about equally as 
long, or only a trace shorter than the Alsatian and German whites, 
but one which is distinctly more narrow. The group of 20 American 
negroes measured by the writer, and who, notwithstanding their 
taller stature have been shown to possess a very noticeably shorter 
ear than the Kharga natives, gave a nearly equal breadth (3.69 cm.), 
as the latter, showing that their ear is relatively broader ; while in 
the 76 Indians the measurements averaged 3.87 cm. 
The range of variation in the breadth of the ear in the Kharga 
men extends n mm., which amounts to 0.149 per unit of the 
average. The distribution of the measurement is less uniform than 
that of the height of the ear. 
KHAEGA OASIS, MEN: BREADTH OF LEFT EAR 
Number of individuals measured: 105. 
Average: 3.7 cm. (ist 50: 3.77; 2d 50: 3.66cm.) 
Median: 3.7 cm. Mode: j./cm. 
Minimum : 3.3 cm. Maximum : 4.4 cm. 
Table of frequencies: 
g 
B 
B 
B 
B 
B 
E 
B 
g 
B 
B 
u 
u 



w 


u 
u 

10 
If) 
IO 
10 
10 
10 
10 
1O 
1O 
10 
10 
m 
CO 
<t 
10 
vo 
tx 
00 
O\ 

CV1 
CO 
g 
T 5 
CO 
"J 
Tf 
cp 
lO 
S 
fp 
t^ 
S 
<*5 
ON 
1 
Tt 
j 
rf 
CO 

* 
ro 
ro 
fO 
fO 
CO 
m 
fj 
"fr 
Tj- 
n- 
Tf 
Tj- 
Number of cases 
6 
5 
17 
13 
26 
15 
II 
6 
3 
I 
I 
j 
Per cent 
5.7 
4.8 
16.2 
12.4 
24-8 
14.3 
10.5 
5.7 
2.9 
1.0 
1.0 
1.0 
