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The Eskimo nose is also high, which goes with the height of the 

 whole face: that in turn evidently is attributable to more work and 

 demand — in brief, more mastication. The nose, face, lower jaw, and 

 other parts of the Eskimo anatomy offer rare opportunities for 

 studies in the heredity of acquired characters. 



Nose Measurements 



The mouth. — The western Eskimo mouth is large. It is con- 

 siderably larger (wider) than in the old American whites, though 

 these are of much higher stature. In relation to stature the width 

 of the western Eskimo mouth exceeds that in the white old Ameri- 

 cans by 13 per cent in the males and by nearly 14 per cent in the 

 females, but there is a close relation with that of a large group 

 of Indians. The details follow : 



Mouth Width 



The ears. — The ears of the western Eskimo are large. They are 

 especially long. They exceed in both size and relative length those 

 of whites, but are in both respects much more like those of the 

 American Indian. The excess in length, both in the Eskimo and 

 the Indian, is especially marked when this measurement is taken in 

 relation to stature. 



Relatively to its length, the ear of the female Eskimo in all our 

 groups is somewhat narrow, giving a lower index. This is not 

 observed in the available whites and Indians. 



