III. FILIPINO TYPES : RACIAL ANATOMY IN TAYTAY. 



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UPPER LEG. 



The absolute upper leg length from the trochanter to the skin line 

 of the knee of 176 men of Taytay is 39.2 centimeters and the relative 

 length is 24.6. The Europeans of Holfmann(36) (p. 1-5) have an 

 absolute length of 41.9 centimeters and a relative length of 30 (Top- 

 inard)(31). Martin (18), hovi^ever, gives the relative length for Eu- 

 ropeans as 24 to 28. The Igorots have an absolute length of 38.0 

 centimeters and a relative length of 24.7, vvhereas the Malays of 

 Martin (18) (p. 265) have an absolute length of 38.5 to 42.2 centimeters 

 and a relative length of 23.6 to 26.5, which is greater than that of the 

 Igorots and Taytayans absolutely and relatively. 



The upper leg length (Topinard (31) , p. 1041, Martin (17), p. 26.5) increases 

 absolutely and relatively from the Asiatic through the African to the European. 

 Soularue(29) gives the following length of the femur in different groups of men: 



Group. 



Absolute. 



American _ 



Negro 



Asiatic 



Polynesian 

 European.. 



41.6 

 42.3 

 43.1 

 44.1 

 44.3 



Relative. 



29.4 

 28.8 

 28.9 

 29.3 

 29.4 



The absolute length varies considerably but there is no great difference 

 in the relative length. We may conclude from the foregoing facts that 

 the length of the femur and of the upper leg is a matter of stature 

 rather than of race. 



LOWER LEG. 



The length of the lower leg from the Imee to the ankle for 175 men 

 of Taytay is 37.29 centimeters absolutely, and 23.37 relatively; that 

 of the Igorots is 36 and 23.4 respectively. 



Martin's Malays vary from 31.4 to 35.4 centimeters absolutely and from 20.8 

 to 22.7 relatively. For Hoffmann's Europeans, Vierordt(36) gives 39.6 and 23 

 centimeters respectively, and Martin (18) gives 22 to 24 centimeters for the 

 relative length of the Europeans. 



The lower leg length (Martin (18), Topinard) (31) increases relatively and 

 absolutely through the Asiatic and European to the African. Soularue ( 29 ) gives 

 the following: 



Group. 



Absolute. 



Relative. 





34.6 

 35.2 

 35.8 

 35.8 

 36.8 



23.2 

 24.9 

 24.5 

 23.9 



24.4 





Negro 



European _ 







