256 REPORTS ON THE STATE OF SCIENCE.—1912. 
To appreciate the difference between the two sides the number's 
falling on the mean value are to be compared. The difference is thus 
seen to be of the same kind as has been noted already in regard to the 
tibiee. 
Coming to the index of platymeria (Table XIV., 3), it will be 
observed that the index for the left femora is less than that for the 
right. The difference is again less marked than in the tibie, but it is 
of the same kind. The frequency of distribution is as follows :— 
Taste XVI.—Index of Platymeria, Prehistoric Cretan Femora. 
— Right Femur Left Femur 
Per cent. Per cent. 
Index above the mean value. 40-3 38-45 
Of the mean value (75)... 11-5 5-75 
Below the mean value (and there- 
fore markedly platymeric). . 48-2 55:8 
The mean value of the index of platymeria (for the large bones of 
both sides combined) associates the prehistoric Oretans with the 
Guanches and the Ancient Egyptians. This indication confirms that 
given by the index of platycnemia. I have made out the following 
list from data recorded by Professors Hepburn and Lehmann-Nitsche 
and summarised by Professor Klaatsch.?+ 
Taste XVII. 
T Mean Value of T Mean Value of 
ype Index JES Index 
Eskimo ... 4 88-3 Alemans . .... 79-7 
Modern French : 88:0 Chinese . ... 79:7 
Creoles... , 86-6 Andamanese . 4 78-0 
Bushs 5 ars 86-2 Reafirs:<2 —r-- e- sare 717-6 
Negroes . .. 85:3 Venezuelans .. 76-1 
Neanderthal (R.) . 85-3 (R.) Japanese. .. 75-1 
Australians... 82-2 Large Cretans. . 74:9 
Oceanic Negroes . 82-0 Spy No. JI. .. 74:3 
British’ 52%)... 81-8 Ancient Egyptians . 71-0 
Small Cretans.  . 81-55 Guanches. ... 70-7 
Manitoba Indians . 80:8 Fuegians. .. 66-9 
Neanderthal (L.) . 80-5 (L.) Polynesians . . 65-4 
Spy No. J. (R.). 80-0 (R.) NMiGrISeEr ne 63-6 
Lastly, the relation of the smaller to the larger Cretan bones is: 
the same as in the case of the index of platycnemia. 
The coefficient of correlation (Table XIV., 4) is not so high as that: 
for the two diameters of the tibia, though it is not to be described as- 
small in comparison with the values of this coefficient in the case of 
most cranial dimensions. But I have no comparative data for femora, 
so that I must be content to provide the record for the Cretan series: 
without further comment. 
21 Anatomische Hefte, 1901, Band X., 8. 629. 
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