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ANTHROPOLOGY OF THE YUKON 



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Femora : 



Length, bicondylar, right 



cm 



ITumero -femoral index 



Diameter antero-posterior 

 maximum at middle — 



Right cm 



Left cm 



Diameter lateral maximum 

 at middle — 



Right cm 



Left cm 



Index at middle — 



Right 



Left 



The bones, especially the right, are remarkable for their graceful 

 form and approach to straightness. The linea aspera is high but 

 not massive or rough. 



Right tibia : Length ( ?) , extremities wanting. A moderate physio- 

 logical curvature forward, middle third. 



Diameter antero-posterior at middle, right cm 3. 25 



Diameter lateral at middle cm 1. 95 



Index at middle : 60 



The bone is distinctly platycnaemic, as the femora are platymeric 

 and the humeri platybrachic, a harmony of characters which is often 

 met with in the continental Indian. 



ADDITIONAL PARTS 



These include four ribs, the atlas and two lumbar vertebrae. The 

 first rib approaches the semicircular in type and is rather large, 

 indicating a spacious chest. Otherwise there is nothing special. 



A comparison of the long bones of this interesting skeleton with 

 those of the later Indians from the same and near-by localities as 

 well as with those of the western Eskimo (see table, p. 160) shows 

 a number of striking conditions. The length of the bones of the 

 skeleton is far above the mean of both those of Indians and the 

 Eskimo, indicating a stature of at least 10 centimeters (4 inches) 

 higher. In none of their characteristics are the bones near to those 

 of the Eskimo, making it doubly certain that the subject was not of 

 that affiliation. Compared with those of the later Indians of the 

 same territory, the bones show in one line remarkable differences, in 

 another remarkable likenesses. The differences concern all the rela- 

 tive proportions of the shafts — the bones of the old skeleton give 

 without exception indices that are markedly lower; they are dis- 

 tinctly more platybrachic, platymeric, and platycnaemic. But the 

 more basic humero-femoral and radio-humeral indices are practically 



