37(3 



BEAN. 



The individuals measured are distributed among 12 different tribes, the 

 Dinkas (60 males) and the Buruns (43 males) making more than half the 

 number. 



The Dinkas are the tallest and liave relatively the shortest limb parts of 

 all the groups. The averages and indices of the measurements of 187 adult 

 males are given in a table at the end of Waterston's paper from wliich we e.xtract 

 the following: 



< 'hnracter. 



187 Nilotic Negroes. 



183 Taytayans. ' 



130 Eul 



■opeans. ■ 

 Relative.' 



Absolute. 



Relative. 



Abso- 

 lute. 



Rela- 

 tive. 



Abso- 

 lute. 



ytature 



Upper leg length 



Lower leg length 



Upper arm length 



Forearm length 



Tibio-femoral index 



Radio-hiimeral index 



Intermembral index 



16s,2,i-l.S0.16 

 40. 70- 47. 00 

 39. 60- 44. 42 

 32. 00- 31. 79 

 28. 68- 31. 08 



100.00-100.00 

 ■2.>..S0- 28.00 

 24.40- 24.80 

 l.S.tJO- 19.30. 

 17.10- 17.70 



159.47 

 39.20 

 37.29 

 32.37 

 ■ 23.05 



100.00 

 24.60 

 23.37 

 20.30 

 14.45 



167. .SO 

 41.90 

 39.60 

 31.20 

 24.60 



luo.oo 



2.1.00 ■ 

 23.60 

 18.60 

 14.70 



89. .5- 98.6 

 87. 6- 92.9 

 08. 4- 77.4 





95.1 



71.2 

 72.4 





94. h 

 78.8 

 68.4 



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" HoHmann in Vierordt's tables (Swiss men?). The black faced type represents the 

 figures for the group of Dinkas (60 males). 



The stature of tlie groups of Negroes ranges from above medium to 

 tall, the European is aljove medium, and the Taytayan is small. 



The limb parts of the ISTegro ai'e longer individually and collectively, 

 absolutely and relatively, than those of the European or Taytayan, except 

 the relative uj^per arm length which is the same for the European as for 

 the group of Negroes that has the smallest relative length, and is greater 

 for the Taytayan than for either the NegTO or the European. 



The absolute upper arm length of the Taytayan is measured from the 

 ujjper edge instead of the lower edge of the acromion j)rocess to the elbow, 

 and this may make it aljout 1 centimeter longer than it should be, there- 

 fore it is probably the same as the European, and less than the Negro. 

 However, even a greater reduction than 1 centimeter would not reduce 

 the relative length as low as either of the other two peoples. The relative 

 length of the upper arm is therefore a distinctive feature of the Tay- 

 tayan, is different from the European, and even su.rpasses the Negro 

 (cf. Japanese (3) ). 



The absolute and relative forearm length of the Negro is so much 

 greater than that of the other two peoples that it may be at once desig- 

 nated as the most characteristic limb quality of the Nilotic Negro. 



The tibio-femoral index of the various groups of Negi'oes gives both 

 lower and higher figures than those of Taytay and of the Europeans, 

 and if all the groups of Negroes are averaged the index would not be 

 different from the other two. It may be significant, however, that some 

 groups of Negroes have a high index and others have a low one; the 



