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The data for the long bones, tabulated as usual from the measure- 

 ments of 24 undoubted adult males, are as follows : 



Humerus : Millimeters 



Maximum 343 



Minimum 277 



Mean 321 



Average 319. 45 



Ulna: 



Maximum 277 



Minimum 228 



Mean 267 



Average 264. 64 



Radius : 



Maximum 265 



Minimum 212 



Mean 249 



Average 247. 17 



Femur : Millimeters 



Maximum 492 



Minimum 418 



Mean 450 



Average 454. 15 



Tibia : 



Maximum . 411 



Minimum 328 



Mean 376 



Average 371. 93 



Fibula : 



Maximum 388 



Minimum 311 



Mean 362 



Average 359. 48 



Some of the facts brought out in the preceding report on skeletal 

 measurements are worthy of special comment. It is interesting to 

 note, for example, the very close agreement between means and aver- 

 ages, especially in those cases representing hundreds of measurements. 

 It is interesting, again, to note how uniformly the measurements of 

 the long bones on the left side of the skeleton are greater than the cor- 

 responding bones on the right side. The long bones are fairly light, 

 symmetrical, and indicate a rather weak musculature. 



Unfortunately there was not a single fully extended burial in the 

 entire Norris Basin, and therefore there were no measurements of 

 skeletal lengths obtainable from the graves. Using the usual methods 

 of determining stature from the lengths of the long bones we find that 

 the average individual was probably a little over 1,700 millimeters in 

 height, which would throw this group of aborigines into the an- 

 thropological division designated as "above average" in stature. 



On the basis of the above figures it is possible to reconstruct, in a 

 fairly satisfactory manner, a picture of the appearance of the indi- 

 vidual in the flesh. He was probably a little above medium height, 

 rather slightly but gracefully built, not heavy, and inclined to use 

 his right hand rather than his left. He had a brachycephalic or 

 mesocephalic skull, somewhat deformed because of the binding of his 

 head as an infant. He was broad-faced, wide-eyed, with high cheek 

 bones and a sloping forehead. He had bad teeth, was susceptible to 

 pyorrhea, and often subject to rheumatism or arthritis. The women 

 were smaller in stature, lighter boned, but otherwise with the same 

 skeletal characters. 



The above characterization does not, of course, apply to the indi- 

 viduals represented in Site No. 20, since, as we have previously stated, 



