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A Studji of the Crania of the Moriori 
pedigree which would throw immense additional light on human descent. The 
first desideratum at the present time is the collection of crania from what we may 
call "fringe" races, and the second desideratum the construction of type crania, 
both by mean measurements and by contours, of the material thus collected. 
Only then will the science of craniology become a really useful guide to the 
anthropologist. At present arguments based on half-a-dozen crania — unaccom- 
panied by any previous study of cranial variability — are of the most slender weight 
and should simply be disregarded by the anthropologist*. 
TABLE IV. Comparison of Male Crania of Moriori with those of other Races. 
Character 
Percentage excess 
value of Moriori character 
over : 
Northern 
negro 
Maori 
Aino 
Fuegian 
English 
Capficity ... ... ... 
+ 
1 .Pi 
+ 
+ 
+ 
-4- 10-0 
-r lO yj 
Maximum Length 
+ 
0-7 
+ 
0-6 
2-7 
1-2 
1 0. 1 
Maximum Breadth 
09 
-1- 
0 1 
2-5 
+ 
05 
-t- O O 
Minimum Frontal Breadth 
0-4 
0-9 
1-9 
2-8 
— U 0 
Basio-bregmatic Height... 
1-3 
2-G 
3-8 
+ 
2-9 
— U"± 
Auricular Height 
1-9 
+ 
2-1 
_L 1.7 
+ y i 
Cranial Base 
+ 
1-6 
+ 
0-2 
+ 
1-0 
+ 
3-8 
+ Z'O 
Profile angle 
+ 
3-2 
+ 
3-2 
1-7 
+ 3-2 
T^ra TTiTjerQe Arp 
JL J. dllO V CI ISC' \j ... ... 
+ 
2-7 
3-9 
0-1 
+ 
2-6 
+ 2-9 
Sagittal Arc 
2-6 
1-2 
5-8 
2-3 
+ 2-2 
Horizontal Circumference 
+ 
0-9 
+ 
0-1 
10 
0-3 
+ 2-7 
Upper Face Height 
1-1 
+ 
11 
1-3 
+ 
0-6 
+ 3-7 
Face Breadth 
+ 
M 
6-6 
+ 
11-9 
+ 6-3 
Bizygomatic Breadth 
+ 
0-4 
+ 
0-1 
4-5 
+ 
5-4 
+ 51 
Nasal Height 
+ 
61 
+ 
11-9 
+ 
5-8 
+ 
10-6 
+ 13-6 
Nasal Breadth 
1-2 
1-2 
40 
+ 
40 
- 7-9 
Orbital Length 
+ 
8-8 
+ 
7-8 
+ 
4-3 
+ 
2-9 
+ 110 
Orbital Breadth ... 
+ 
6-2 
+ 
6-4 
+ 
3-5 
+ 
10-2 
+ 8-3 
Palate Length 
+ 
1-3 
+ 
0-2 
5-5 
+ 
9-0 
-1- 6-8 
Palate Breadth ... 
+ 
3'9 
+ 
1-8 
10-6 
+ 
5-4 
- 2-3 
Profile Length 
+ 
01 
4-0 
+ 
0-9 
+ 
50 
- 4-4 
Foraminal Length 
+ 
0-0 
2-0 
0-0 
Foraminal Breadth 
0-0 
0-6 
+ 
3-6 
Cephalic Index 
+ 
0-8 
0-5 
0-7 
+ 
2-4 
+ 4-2 
Vertical Index 
2-6 
3-8 
0-8 
+ 
3-8 
- 1-9 
Breadth -Height Index ... 
+ 
2-6 
+ 
3-2 
+ 
1-5 
1-6 
+ 5-9 
Nasal Index 
9-1 
15-5 
10-5 
8-2 
-26-2 
Orbital Index 
2-5 
1-5 
0-7 
+ 
7-3 
+ 3-8 
Palatal Index 
+ 
3-9 
+ 
2-7 
3-6 
3-0 
- 9-8 
Foraminal Index... 
+ 
01 
1-8 
+ 
3-7 
Gnathic Index 
1-5 
4-1 
0-6 
+ 
1-3 
-1- 7-0 
Number of Characters ... 
28 
28 
30 
31 
28 
Mean Percentage Deviation 
2-31 
3 00 
313 
392 
5-80 
* It is astounding to note what wide reaching results even the examination of a mere half-dozen 
Moriori, Fijian, Maori or Eskimo crania led the older craniologists to propound ! 
