428 



BEAN. 



All the lengths tliow in general the same relation between the groups of the 

 Malay Peninsula and those of the Igorots as the preceding measurements, except 

 that the tibio-femoral index is frorri five to ten points higher for the Igorots. 

 This corresponds to the crural index of Hagen(36) for the Malay and Melanesian 

 people, which is 90.8 "hei Alas," and 97.4 "bei Nea-Mecldenburgern." The 

 measurements are equal to those of the European and Japanese, and are less 

 than all other related East Asiatic people except the Aino. The length of the 

 iipper leg, both absolute and relative, is less for the Igorot women tlian for any 

 of the women from the Malay peninsula. 



The relative length of the upper leg follows the absolute, as does the relative 

 length of the entire lower extremity, so one may say the length of the lower 

 extremity is determined by the length of the upper leg, which in its turn 

 determines the stature of the individual. In other words the correlation of 

 stature and length of upper leg is pronounced. 



The same is not true of the lower leg, but rather the opposite. With absolute 

 increase of length of the lower leg, the relative length decreases, so that the 

 shortest Igorots have relatively the longest lower legs. 



The tibio-femoral index presents this clearly. Compare it with the brachial 

 index, and a striking similarity between forearm and lower leg is noticed. The 

 shortest individuals have relatively the longest forearms and lower legs, while 

 the longest individuals present the reverse. 



It may he of interest in connection witli the bod}' parts to present the 

 absolute dimensions of an Igorot and of a Senoi man (38). Select- 

 ing an individual Igorot with the same height as the Senoi man^ the 

 body parts correspond almost exactly, except that the hand of the Igorot 

 is shorter and the upper arm longer than the same members of the Senoi. 

 This is coiToborative evidence in a special ease of the general evidence 

 obtained from the averages of the body parts. (Fig- 2.) 



FIG. 2. — Absolute length (in centimeters) of the body parts of a Senoi man (left figure) 

 and an Igorot man (right figure). 



