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the same; showing fundamental identity. The humero-femoral 

 index is especially important in this case. It is exceptionally high in 

 the Yukon Indians, due to a relatively long humerus, and the same 

 condition is seen in the old skeleton. It seems safe, therefore, to 

 conclude that the owner of the old skeleton was not only an Indian 

 but an Indian of the same physical stock from which were derived 

 the later Indians of the Yukon; but he was evidentlj' of an earlier 

 and different tribe or of a purer derivation than those who followed. 

 To more fully establish and then trace this type, both as to its 

 derivation and extension, will be tasks of future importance. 



YUKON INDIANS: MAIN LONG BONES 



SEX: MALES " 



Paired bones 



Yukon Indians 



Older 

 skeleton 



at Bona- 

 sila 



From 



Russian 



times 



Miscel- 

 laneous 

 North 

 American 

 Indians 



Western 

 Eskimos 



Humerus: 



Mean length 



At middle- 

 Diameter, major. 

 Diameter, minor- 

 Index 



Radius: 



Mean length 



Radio-humeral index,. 



Femur: 



Mean length (bicondylar)__ 



Humero-femoral index 



At middle — 



Diameter, antero-posterior, maximum.. 



Diameter, lateral 



Index 



At upper flattening — 



Diameter, maximum 



Diameter, minimum 



Index 



Tibia: 



Mean length 



Tibio-femoral index 



At middle — 



Diameter, antero-posterior, maximum. 



Diameter, lateral 



Index _ 



(2) 

 35. 55 



2.45 



1.68 



66.4 



(1) 



n.27 



n. 75. 5 



(2) 

 48.2 

 74-S 



3.12 



2.57 



82.4 



3.60 

 2.18 

 60. i 



(1) 



3.25 

 1.95 

 60 



(10) 

 31.17 



2.38 

 1.67 

 10 



(10) 

 23.61 

 75.7 



(14) 

 41.92 



715 



2.96 

 2.58 



87./ 



3.25 

 2.30 



70.7 



(H) 

 34.19 

 81.5 



3.04 

 2. 

 66 



> (378) 

 31.8 



2.22 

 1.63 

 75./ 



(378) 

 24.7 



77.7 



!(902) 



42.7 



a. 7B. 5 



2.95 



2.58 



87. S 



3.27 

 2.42 

 74 



(324) 

 36.9 

 84.4 



3.28 



2.16 

 65.8 



J (76) 

 30.88 



2.42 

 1.82 

 75.2 



(76) 

 22.85 

 U 



(84) 



42.70 



3. — 72 



3 03 



2.71 



89.5 



3.37 

 2.48 

 7S.5 



(84) 

 33.61 

 78.7 



3.10 



2.12 



08.* 



1 See also data in writer's " Physical Anthropology of the Lenape," etc., Bull. 62, Bur. Amer. Ethn., 

 Washington, 1916; and his "Anthropology of Florida." Fla. Hist. Soc. Pub. No. 1, Deland, Fla.. 1922. 



J These numbers apply to length only; under the other items the numbers are in some cases smaller, in 

 some larger. The differences are due to defects in some of the old bones. 



s See also data on p. 165. 



