HUMAN REMAINS FROM THE NORTH KURGAN. 461 
Weddas smyales 2. oe 0isn/cn vans ons aes AAT Ome apanese sinales were vee he i 5am 
PROPRIA AUAICS sere San a de Coons 45 INGPTILOS witaleseer npr te een oc see we 54.5 
Negroes, maleseym orth tec to Aceon meAtistrallanswmalesan) se ee eee. 54.8 
Polyn€siaus, ‘males .2 06 o..2.259 ess enjea ea Srie Maroneats-<ales . 0.26. cele ke, 56.4 
Melanesians, MAES eee tre ee ee Soa saieearavoilians tales se eon, oe 60.9 
IReKviAnSemialeSrgy site aera alae te Rae ORE EL ORTUIOS., TMALOGS (latin go Yes ae tie. 63.8 
The index calculated by us belongs therefore with the lowest; the naviculare 
has a form which seems to belong more often in general to the primitive races. 
The shape of the joint-surface which articulates with the talus is also worthy 
ofremark. It shows that more ovally rounded form that Volkov ascribes especially 
to primitive races. The relation of the height to the width is 74.2. Volkov 
(1904, p. 46) found for: 
New-born Europeans ............000. 67 INecroes; males arn erie en oe ret, oe 82.2 
Peruvians sinalesy warm comer a. sae noe V2eom MMElANeSians: Males... cos oe nee ek 83.5 
INGOTICOS PIMAlES wee eee soe cece cee Ora MELO peans aMaleSse os accrme fase ee: 84.2 
Japaneses inalesmerns ee nick «cients cieiie> 7 SOMO NESAticn IMAlCS crea srs shore 6 es once ob 86.9 
PESKANIOS  SUSICS eS oo oe (ae an Oates es 8 os 80.0 
This index also approaches the primitive forms. 
In cuneiforme I we are especially interested in the difference in its height 
at its proximal and distal ends. The last measures according to Volkov (1904, 
p- 204) in percentage of the proximal among: 
BO UTO PEARS ATIAIES are tei, ele eaters lotare tore av D2 To aN CRTICOS WIMAlCS treats. Sacco, sits veces ec 6 2's 139.5 
Neoroesoialesmae ye seein. ences 3 > L2GHOM MASI Alans sMtales sate seve sce 'sie renee 140.9 
Melanesians mmales ses etter Cees 6 027/57 
We find for this index a value of 160.0, which, if inserted in this table, would 
range beyond the most primitive forms. It would perhaps be more appropriate to 
bring the two joint-surfaces into relation with each other; the proximal would then 
measure 56.7 per cent of the distal. 
The slender form of the metatarsus (plate 96, fig. 4) shows itself most clearly 
in the relation of the epiphysis width to the length. Since for comparison we 
have to use the investigations of Volkov, we must, in calculating the indices, 
choose the length taken by him, which reaches from the middle of the upper 
edge of the proximal joint-surface to the posterior edge of the first phalanx. 
Though we do not have this, it is not difficult to say how far it may have extended, 
and we shall not be far out of the way in assuming a measurement of 61 mm. 
for the right and 60 mm. for the left. The index for the basal width would then 
be for the right 31.1. Volkov (1904, p. 238) finds for: 
Melanesianss mialesia. a.laccs secs es cle PITS eta PANESE, BIOS <n one ek ve ceases 2220 
Anstralians @inales sae ecda oe ce sees s AL aT BNC OFOCS WINGIeOS mr tne cee ce aie cietncoia = BaN7, 
Previan$, miles oe cs ee ens Aol CaAtavOntaNs aIMalese area vile 6 ws o,- 6.0 = 35.6 
Polynesiansy males tc. reesei sees S2r 7m OULOPeans Males. rere.) siel«') poe <fa) sche 36.0 
New-born: Buropeans 3... osc. 0. c. dees Banal eritvia ns emales. aisusie.c aie chelaisic's «i ale = 40.6 
Our metatarsus as regards its basis belongs to the most slender forms, as we 
find them especially among primitive races. On the other hand the capitulum, 
with an index of width 40.0 right, 39.3 left, is not more narrow, but rather some- 
what broader than is usual among Europeans; Volkov found for this, mean values 
from 33.6 among the Weddas to 45.5 among Eskimos; the mean value for Euro- 
peans is given by him as 38.6. 
