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Søren Hansen. 



Men 



Number 



Aver- 

 age 



Maxi- 

 mum 



Mini- 

 mum 



Women 



Number 



Aver- 

 age 



Maxi- 

 mum 



Mini- 

 mum 



Northern East coast . 

 Southern — 



Southern West coast . 



31 



77-8 



84-2 



72-5 



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76-5 



80-7 



22 



75-7 



78-6 



71-3 



1 23 



75-0 



81-2 i 



21 



1 



78-1 



88-4 



62-6 



24 



76-8 



84-5 



70-2 

 69-9 

 70.5 



The table requires no comment, as there seems to be no possi- 

 biHty of estabhshing a connection between the variations and the 

 locality with any degree of cogency. For this same reason I 

 consider it preferable to treat the whole East coast under one head. 

 The average breadth-index for 53 men is thus shown to be 76"9, 

 with 842 as a maximum and 7 18 as a minimum. The average for 

 38 women is 756, with a maximum of 8Г2 and a minimum of 69'9. 

 We have thus, as we have already pointed out, a pronounced 

 mesaticephalous skull with a difference of 13 between the sexes, the 

 women being more dolichocephalic than the men. The difference 

 is, however, so slight, especially considering the very limited num- 

 ber of individuals, that there seems to be no objection to throwing 

 the sexes together, in order to see into what groups the 91 indivi- 

 duals fall, as tested by the generally accepted index scale. 



Index Number 



-B9-9 1 



70-0-70-9 1 



710— 7Г9 4 



72-0— 72-9 2 



73-0— 73-9 8 



74-0-74-9 10 f 



1 



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ci 



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Q, 





D 





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26 



ce 5 





£ S 



75-0— 75-9 12 



76-0-76-9 16 



77-0— 77-9 13 



780-78-9 10 



790-79-9 6 



80-0- 80-9 4 



81-0— 8Г9 . 3 



82-0-82-9 



83-0— 83-9 



84-0- 1 



57 



The figures thus presented show as plainly as one could wish 

 thai the calculated average index, 764, is really a correct expression 

 for the typical head-shape of the East Greenlanders, which may 

 accordingly with still greater certainty be designated as mesati- 

 cephalic with a tendency towards dolichocephaly. 



