Note 111 — Chapter V · CAVES OF THE NEOLITHIC AGE.
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As regards the absolute dimensions of the skulls, it would seem that the Welsh crania stand high in the scale—quite as high as any of the existing races of mankind. I have made the comparison in a rough way in the following manner:—
If the numbers representing the length, breadth, and height of the skull are added together, a number is obtained which will, of course, in some measure, indicate the gross dimensions of the skull. From the rather numerous data furnished by my own Tables of Measurements I obtained the results stated in the subjoined list, in which the gross mean dimensions of various sets of crania are contrasted.
1. Scandinavian priscan skulls of the neolithic epoch 18·88
2. Esquimaux and Greenlanders 18·81
3. Perthi-Chwareu skulls 18·65
4. Modern European 18·58
5. Various ancient and priscan skulls 18·55
6. Burmese 18·55
7. Caffres and Zooloos (extratropical negroes) 18·45
8. Derbyshire tumuli 18·42
9. Tasmanian 17·95
10. Hottentot 17·80
11. Negroes (intertropical) 17·67
12. Australian 17·58
13. Bushmen 17·48
14. Veddahs 17·09
15. Andamanese 17·00