NO. I 
NATIVES OF KHARGA OASIS HRDLICKA 
101 
The principal available data for comparison of the measurements 
are gathered in the following tables. The first of these shows the 
close relations of the Kharga natives with the Copt, Fellaheen and 
the non-negro Nubian ; the second demonstrates the important dif- 
ferences between the Oasis men and the Nubian, Soudanese and the 
other negroes. 
COMPARISON OF MEASUREMENTS OF THE KHARGA NATIVES AND VARIOUS 
OTHER GROUPS OF EGYPTIANS AND NUBIANS (MALES) 
Head 
Males 
Author 
Stature 
Length 
Breadth 
Cephalic 
index 
150 Kharga Oasis 
Hrdlicka 
cm. 
161 8 
cm. 
18 9 
cm. 
I A T 
74 9 
127 Copts 
Chantre 
166.0 
i8-8c. 
14-2 
75-2 
91 Fellaheen 
Chantre 
168 4 
19 -O 
I A . 2 
74- 7 
134 Bedouins 
Chantre 
167.8 
10-27 
14-2^ 
73-9 
81 Ababdeh 
Chantre 
166 o 
18 9 
14 I 
74 .6 
64 Barabra 
Chantre 
168-2 
18-9 
14.4 
76-4 
78 Bicharieh 
Chantre 
16?. -O 
18-1 
14 "3 
79 '0 
369 Egyptian Moslems, selected 
44 Copts selected. 
Myers 
Myers 
about 
(171.0) 
( 171 O } 
19.46 
TQ. -30 
14-43 
14- "*! 
74.26 
74.0 
Fa 
ce 
Nose 
Males 
Chin- 
nasion 
height 
Diameter 
bizy- 
gomatic 
maximum 
Height 
Breadth 
Nasal 
index 
Mouth 
breadth 
150 Kharga Oasis 
II . -JET 
cm. 
IT. . 1C 
cm. 
4-87 
cm. 
3.73 
76.6 
c.4 
127 Copts 
1^-2^ 
4.7)1 
3.6 
(77.6 
5-2 
91 Fellaheen 
I2.Q3 
4.6) 
3.7 
(81.0 
C.I 
134 Bedouins.... 
13.2 
4-65-) 
3-56 
(76.6 
5-1 
81 Ababdeh 
I3-I 
(4-5) 
3-7 
(82.2 
5-2 
64 Barabra 
13-0 
(4-69) 
3.8 
(81-1 
5-3 
78 Bicharieh 
12-7 
(4-6) 
3.5 
(76.1 
5.0 
369 Egyptian Moslems, selected 
44 Copts, selected 
n-45* 
11-47 
14. 3 6 3 
13. 66 5 
4-83 
4.78 
3-66 
3.59 
75. & 
7J-7/ 
r* 
r6 
1 All Chantre's measurements of the height of the nose are evidently too 
low; no such low averages of nasal height have been reported on non-negro 
populations of North Africa by any other observer. 
2 595 individuals. 6 33 individuals. 
3 698 individuals. 6 Of 42 individuals. 
4 Of 349 individuals. 
