CHAPTER VIII. 



The Combination of Traits Into Types. 



The North-European (or so-called ''Aryan") type, /. e., the 

 combination of blond hair, blue eyes, tall stature and dolicho- 

 cephaly, is not to be observed among the Jews. Taking up first 

 the relation of stature to the shape of the head, we find that tall 

 individuals are not more longheaded than those of short stature. 

 In fact there is no difference at all in the head-form according 

 to stature, as can be seen from the following figures : 



c- Averasre Width Average Length Cephalic 



of Head. of Head. Index. 



Short 153 186 82.26 



Below the average 154 187 82.35 



Above the average 154 188 81.91 



Tall 156 190 82.11 



Average 154 188 81. 91 



In the same manner the head-form and pigmentation does 

 not show any relation between longheadedness and blondness. 

 It was found that the average cephalic index of Z6 blond indi- 

 viduals was 81.35, and of the dark-haired Jews, 81.97, almost 

 identical. The various types of head-form were found in the 

 blonds and others in the following proportions : 



Blond-Haired Others 



Tj'pe of Head. Jews (Percent). (Percent). 



Hyperdolichocephalic 3-49 2.84 



Dolichocephalic 5- 81 7-42 



Subdolicocephalic 8. 14 15-88 



Mesocephalic 33-72 25.31 



Subbrachycephalic 20.93 24.20 



Brachycephalic 20.93 l5-8i 



Hyperbrachycephalic 6.98 8.53 



Number observed 86 l>442 



From this table it is to be seen that 9.30 percent of the blonds 

 were dolichocephalic (cephalic index yj and less), while the 

 dark-haired individuals had even slightly larger percentage of 



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