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The result of applying this index will appear in the following 
tables : 
Average index 
. Index. of both series. 
Male a zee, average of Gn wns E | 
Female chimpanzee, average’ Of 3 ve occs eck 
ale orang, average of 4 
Female orang, average of 2 
Male siamang Gees es 
: 8 
108.7 | 63.3 | 57-3 } s41 
3 .6 
88.3 | 42.7 | 48.1 Lang 
109. 
4 
90.0 | 51.5 | 57.2 } 55.2 
7 
The races of mien, as will be seen 
Microdont, below 42 
Mesodont, between 42-44. 
Megadont, above 44. 
in the following table, may 
be divided into three classes by this index : 
Among the apes the first three species are megadont, while in 
the or ee the molar teeth are scarcely larger than in the higher 
races of me 
Avere 
Obser-|Average.| Average) Av Index 
Sex. |vations; BN d Index. | both 
sexes, 
Microdont Races, ‘ 
British i ; 20 | 100.0 41.0 41.0 \ i 
g 14 95-0.) 295. ae 
Mixed European (not British)..| g s2 | 401.3 41.0 40.5 } qt. 
2 14 95-1 39.6 41.6 
Ancient Egyptians. ree fine g 7 |104 | 41.4 | 40.8 } b 
| 3 | 95-9 | 39-5 | 41-2 
Polynesians (siete Sand’h “Ts. ) J 22 | 1093 42. 40.1 
w caste Cent, & S. India m’ly; œg 42 99 41.2 41.4 
Mesodont Races. — 
inese g Fe 98.8 42.1 42.6 
American = een all parte. les 31 99.2 42.5 42.8 
Malays of Java, Sumatra, &c. ..| g 7° 99-7 43.2 ie 
Afri Negr oes, aa Lares yia 44 | 103-3 44. 43- 
26 | 97-9 | 43.6 | 44.6 
Megadont Races. i 
Menai; various islands....| of 3i | 20mg 45 2 o 
see eee eenae .... 9 94.4 4 9 e 
Ane g 8 | 88.8 | pa | 46.5 tas 5 
A ee ee re ee eae 22 | 102.5 | 45.9 | 44 l 
pre g 14 | 95-5 o | 462 fA 
Tasmanians ` 9 | 100.0 47-5 47.5 : 
. a EEN en g 4 95-5 46.5 48.7 48 
' The Microdont races include all 
the so-called 
Caucasian or 
white races; the Mesodont the Mongolian or oe races ; the 
