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Brueil c?/? = 1'068. Mureaux c?/? = 1’071, 
both less than the result we have obtained for the e^eneral averages of neolithic man. 
Probably we have here to do with local races, but M. Manouvriee, considers it just 
possible that the very different environment at Brueil and Mureaux may account for 
the differences. 
Neither of these groups has a stature equal to that of the modern French 
commonalty, although the Mureaux group approaches it somewhat closely. The 
modern British far exceed in stature their neolithic landsmen, and we have thus no 
evidence at all in favour of a giant stature for prehistoric man. He seems to have 
been markedly shorter than the taller races (English-Scandinavion) of to-day. Slightly 
taller than the Aino, he can be compared with the Italians, who appear, as we go 
southward, to closely represent him in stature. 
(15.) Other Early Races. 
In this group I propose to include a number of prehistoric or protohistoric races 
of whom we know very little. Their stature is considerably greater than that which 
we have determined for Continental neolithic man, though sensibly below that of 
British neolithic man. The data are extracted from Bahon’s memoir, and modified 
to suit the formulae of this investigation (see his pp. 431, 438 et. seq.). 
Race. 
F. 
H. 
T. 
R. 
(3) 
(1) 
(3) 
(1) 
Dolmen-builders, India, male . 
45-81 
32-5 
35-3 
24-5 
(1) 
(1) 
,, ,, ,, female 
42-93 
• • 
33-3 
. . 
(16) 
(161 
(12) 
(15) 
,, ,, Algeria, male 
45-32 
31 9 
38-0 
23'8 
(8) 
(5) 
(9) 
,, „ ,, female . 
40-1-3 
28.8 
33-8 
« * 
0 ) 
(6; 
(3) 
(4) 
., ,, Caucasus, male . 
44-92 
32-4 
34-6 
24-6 
(1) 
(1) 
,, „ „ female . 
41-3 
29-1 
• • 
(87) 
(60) 
(79) 
(30) 
Guanches, Group I., male .... 
45-52 
82-8 
37-7 
24-7 
(90) 
(92) 
(58) 
(32) 
,, „ female.... 
41-.33 
30T 
.34-7 
22-1 
(76) 
(81) 
(75) 
(56) 
,, Group II., male .... 
45-22 
.32-5 
37'G 
24-6 
(33) 
(34) 
(20j 
(10) 
„ ,, female 
41-03 
29-G 
34-4 
-22-1 
While the dolmens of India and Algeria appear to belong to the Stone Age, those 
of the Caucasus belong to the first Iron Age. 
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