L. H. Dudley Buxton 
97 
compared by taking the difference between any two and the probable error of that 
difference and we accept the difference as being significant where it is greater than 
three times its probable error, we find that on v. Luschan's figures there is no 
■ TABLE I. 
Cephalic Index. Living Adult Males. 
Provenance 
Number 
- 
Mean 
cr 
V 
Corsica 
53 
75 -.531 -27 
2-90 + 
-19 
3 
82 + 
•25 
Albania 
1 in 
4-44 + 
■17 
5 
16 + 
•23 
Leukas ... 
42 
84-55+ -40 
3-86 + 
•28 
4 
60 + 
•34 
Meligala 
33 
82-49 + -38 
3-21 + 
-26 
3 
89 + 
•32 
Mani 
99 
79-92+ -26 
3-77± 
-18 
4 
72 + 
•23 
Crete (Hawes) 
1600 
79-20+ -07 
4-10 + 
-05 
5 
17 + 
•06 
,, (Schitf) Pyrgiotissa. . . 
64 
79-27 ±-32 
3-89± 
-23 
4 
91 ± 
•29 
„ (v. Luschau) SelinosI 
and Sphakia ) 
51 
81 -68 ± -37 
3-91 ± 
-26 
4 
80 ± 
•32 
,, Wiiole island 
320 
79-26 ± -16 
4-24 + 
-11 
5 
•35 ± 
•14 
Lycia, Turks 
187 
81-29+ -26 
5-21 + 
-18 
6 
41 + 
•22 
„ Greeks 
179 
80-27 + -35 
6-94 + 
-25 
8 
65 + 
•31 
„ Gypsies 
53 
87-51 + -26 
2-83 + 
-19 
3 
23 + 
•21 
Cyprus, Group I ... 
111 
81 -41 ± -26 
3-99 + 
-18 
4 
91 + 
•22 
» n 
221 
81 -94+ -13 
4-02 + 
•13 
4 
90 + 
•16 
„ ni 
167 
83-38+ -24 
4-63 + 
-17 
5 
•55 + 
•20 
„ IV 
87 
84-16+ -31 
4-25 + 
•22 
5 
•03 + 
•26 
Groups combined 
586 
82-54 + -11 
4-09 + 
•OS 
4 
96 + 
•38 
Alexandria 
643 
76 -29 ±-08 
3-13 + 
•06 
4 
•10 + 
•08 
Giza 
326 
74-75 ± -11 
2-83 + 
•08 
3 
•79 + 
•10 
significant difference between the Lycian Greeks and the Cretans although Hawes' 
figures, a very much larger series, suggest a possible difference ; the Lycians and 
Maniots are very similar, there is a significant difference between the Lycians and 
both the men of Meligala and of Cyprus and a very marked difference between 
Cretans and Cypriots, 
TABLE IL 
Differences between Cephalic Indices. 
■ 
People 
Compared 
Difference 
Eemarks 
Lycian Greeks 
Cretans 
1 •Ol + ^38 
V. Luschan's ligures 
?? n 
1 ^07 ± ^35 
Hawes' figures 
Maniots 
•35+^44 
Meligala 
2^45+^51 
Cypriots 
2^27 + ^37 
Cretans 
)> 
3-34+ •I 3 
Hawes' figures 
It would appear from Hawes' figures that Lycians and Cretans possibly did not 
belong to the same group, but the excess of the difference over three times the 
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