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A Racial Study of the Fijians

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PLATE 1. NEAR-AVERAGE BODY FEATURES

Stature: 173.3 cm.

Weight: 172.1 lbs.

Arm length: 75.1 cm.

Leg length: 82.2 cm.

Shoulder breadth: 41 cm.

Hip breadth: 29.1 cm.

Shoulder-hip index: 71.0

Chest breadth: 28.8 cm.

Chest depth: 22.8 cm.

Thoracic index: 75.7

Sitting height: 86.3 cm.

Sitting height-stature index: 50.0

Body build: Strongly mesomorphic

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PLATE 2. NEAR-AVERAGE CRANIAL FEATURES

Head length: 187.2 mm.

Head breadth: 156.9 mm.

Cephalic index: 83.9

Head height: 128.6 mm.

Length-height index: 68.7

Length-breadth index: 81.1

Minimum frontal diameter: 109.8 mm.

Fronto-parietal index: 70.0

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PLATE 3. NEAR-AVERAGE FACIAL FEATURES

Bizygomatic breadth: 146.7 mm.

Cephalo-facial index: 93.2

Zygo-frontal index: 75.3

Bigonial breadth: 109.6 mm.

Fronto-gonial index: 100.1

Zygo-gonial index: 74.7

Bicanine breadth: 39.8

Total facial height: 122.3 mm.

Total facial index: 84.1

Upper facial height: 71.3

Upper facial index: 48.9

Nasal height: 53.1

Nasal breadth: 45.5

Nasal index: 85.6

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PLATE 4. NEAR-AVERAGE FACE AND NOSE FEATURES

FACE

Pronounced malars

Moderately long face

Wide gonia

Moderate chin

Moderate prognathism

NOSE

Broad bridge

Wide root

Moderate length

Thick tip

Flaring nostrils

Straight profile

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PLATE 5. NEAR-AVERAGE LIP AND EAR FEATURES

LIPS

Moderately thick

Pronounced lip seam

Moderate eversion

EARS

Moderate size

Small lobe

Attached lobe

Moderate protrusion

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PLATE 6. NEAR-AVERAGE HAIR FEATURES

Black color

Frizzly form

Pronounced quantity

Coarse texture

Intermediate length

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PLATE 7. HAIR FORM VARIANTS

CURLY HAIR WAVY HAIR

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PLATE 8. PRONOUNCED BODY HAIR

20 per cent occurrence

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PLATE 9. PRONOUNCED BEARD

26 per cent occurrence

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PLATE 10. FACIAL VARIATIONS

No prognathism

High forehead

Moderate browridges

Moderate prognathism

Low, receding forehead

Pronounced browridges

Pronounced prognathism

Low, receding forehead

Very pronounced browridges

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PLATE 11. INTERIOR SUBJECT (MORE NEGROID)

Shorter stature

Narrower shoulders

Deeper chest

Darker skin

Narrower head

Broader nose

Thicker lips

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PLATE 12. "NEGROID" FIJIAN

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PLATE 13. INTERIOR SUBJECT (MORE AUSTRALOID)

Heavier beard and body hair

Lower, more sloping forehead

More compressed parietals

More pronounced brow ridges

More prognathic

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PLATE 14. "AUSTRALOID" FIJIANS

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PLATE 15. EASTERN SUBJECT (MORE POLYNESIAN)

Lighter skin

Less beard and body hair

Wavy hair

Wider head

Higher, steeper forehead

Less prognathic

Higher, narrower nose

Moderately thick lips

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Illustration: PLATE 16. "POLYNESIAN" FIJIANS

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