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The Races of Man

APPENDIX II.

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CEPHALIC INDEX, 336 SERIES (see p. 75).

NUMBER. ETHNIC GROUPS. CEPH. IND.

Living Subjects. Skulls. Living Subjects. Skulls.

DOLICHOCEPHALS, BELOW 77 (75).

Oceanians.

— 73 (S.) Islanders of Viti-Levu (Fiji) — 67.2

204 — Natives of the Caroline Archipelago 69.4 —

— 52 Natives of the smaller Fiji Islands — 69.0

— 148 Papuans of Misore Island — 70.2

— 24 (S.) Islanders of Mallicollo (New Hebrides) — 70.4

— 71 New Caledonians — 70.7

10 29 (S.) Islanders of Lifu (Loyalty Islands) 72.4 70.8

— 118 (S.) Natives of the Duke of York Islands (New Britain) — 71.7

— 16 (S.) Natives of Engineer Island (Louisiade Archipelago) — 71.9

27 82 (S.) Various Australians 74.2 71.2

— 10 Australians of Queensland — 72.2

— 20 Natives of Ruck Island (Carolines) — 72.8

— 51 Maoris of New Zealand — 73.6

20 — Natives of the Solomon Islands 76.3 —

— 24 Papuans of the Fly River (New Guinea) — 74.2

— 25 Tasmanians — 74.9

23 30 (S.) Natives of New Britain Archipelago 76.7 72.4

Asiatics.

95 — Badagahs of the Nilgiris 71.8 —

40 — Cashmerians 72.2 —

32 — Kols of the N.W. Prov. and Oudh 72.4 —

979 — Brahmans, Rajputs, and other high castes of the N.W. Prov. 72.6 —

685 — Kolarians, N.W. Prov. 72.7 —

80 — Sikhs of the Punjab 72.7 —

1,616 — Hindus of various castes (N.W. Prov. and Oudh) 72.8 —

103 — Baltis 73.6 —

1,443 — Dravido-Hindus (N.W.Pr.& Oudh) 73.8 —

45 — Todas 74.1 —

25 — Kotas of the Nilgiris 74.1 —

444 — Punjabi (Hindus, Baluchis, etc.) 74.2 —

54 — Malayalim of the Shevaroy Hills 74.3 —

27 — Kulu-Lahuli 74.6 —

100 — Malé or Assal (Dravid. of Bengal) 74.8 —

90 — Bhumij of Chota Nagpur 75.0 —

55 43 Veddahs of Ceylon 75.1 71.5

58 — Irulas of the E. slope of the Nilg. 75.1 —

15 — Gypsies of Lycia 75.2 —

100 — Kharvars (Dravidians of Chota Nagpur) 75.6 —

45 — Dardi (India) 75.6 —

100 — Kurmi of Chota Nagpur 75.7 —

695 — Hindus of the Prov. of Behar 75.7 —

100 — Mal-Paharia (Drav. of Beng.) 75.8 —

25 — Urur-Kurubas of Mysore 75.8 —

100 — Bhuiyas (Drav. of Beng.) 76.0 —

20 — Dums of Chota Nagpur 76.0 —

100 — Santals of Chota Nagpur 76.1 —

— 12 Alfurus of Ceram — 74.3

— 37 Ainus of Saghalien — 74.8

64 — Tamils of Ceylon 76.3 —

80 — Pathans (Afghans) of Punjab 76.5 —

33 — Kanarese of Mysore 76.8 —

1,570 — Bengalese 76.9 —

27 — Islanders of Rotti (to the S. of Timur) 76.9 —

Africans.

14 — Mushikongo and Bakongo 72.5 —

36 — Bateke (Congo) 73.6 —

30 — Toucouleurs 73,8 —

30 30 Jagga (Bantu of Kilimandjaro) — 71.9

15 — Hottentot-Orlans 74.3 —

37 — Fulahs or Fulbés 74.3 —

35 — Danakils of Tajura 74.5 —

14 — Duala or Dwala of the Cameroons 75.1 —

27 — Negro-Krus 75.1 —

62 13 Wolofs, Serer, and Leybus 75.2 69.8

29 10 Various Mandingans 75.5 78.8

13 — Kakongo 75.6 —

47 — Arabs of Algeria 76.3 —

— 56 Kafirs (Ama-Zulus and others) — 72.5

184 — Betsimisaraka (Madagascar) 76.3 —

13 — Kabyles of Palestro 76.4 —

27 — Bashilanges of the Kasai 76.8 —

13 — Ashantis 76.9 —

Americans.

12 — Karayas (Amazon Basin) 73.0 —

— 76 Hurons — 74.7

614 31 Eskimo of Greenland 76.8 72.4

— 152 do. E. America — 71.3

— 16 do. W. America — 74.8

10 33 (S.) Botocudos 76.8 73.9

Europeans.

— 417 Portuguese — 74.3

500 — Corsicans 76.6 —

502 — Spaniards of Valencia 76.8 —

SUB-DOLICHOCEPH. 77–79.6 (75–77.6).

Asiatics.

12 — Ladaki 77.0 —

17 — Inhabitants of Nagar, Hunaza, and Yasin 77.0 —

20 — Chinese of the North 77.0 —

75 — Kurumbas (to the E. of the Nilgiris) 77.3 —

136 — Tamils of the South of India and Ceylon 77.4 —

360 — Mois of French Indo-China 77.5 —

17 — Sikas (Central Floris) 77.7 —

11 92 Ainus of Yezo 77.8 76.5

23 — Turkomans of the Transcaspian 77.9 —

18 — Lio (Central Floris) 78.1 —

208 — Aderbaijanis 78.1 —

168 — Persians in general 78.4 —

11 — Disfulis of Susa 78.4 —

332 — Kurds 78.5 —

78 64 Japanese of all classes 78.5 80.2

68 — White and Yellow Sakais (Malay P.) 78.7 —

30 — Atoni of the west of Timur 78.8 —

142 — Singhalese 78.8 —

20 — Yuruks of Lycia 78.9 —

28 — Black Sakais of Gunong Inas (Malay Peninsula) 79.5 —

29 — Tates of the Transcaucasus 79.0 —

106 — Moormen of Ceylon 79.1 —

45 44 Sumbawa Islanders 79.1 —

— 37 Nias Islanders — 77.6

106 37 Ostiaks 79.3 74.3

16 — Tatar-Tchern (Altaians) 79.5 —

25 — South Chinese of Lang-Choo 79.5 —

Africans.

50 — M’Zabits of Algeria 77.3 —

56 — Western Zandeh (Mandja, etc.) 77.9 —

— 14 Bushmen — 75.9

— 139 Negroes of Fernand-Vaz — 75.9

— 13 Hausas — 77.3

Americans.

— 62 Half-caste Algonquians — 76.2

— 315 Natives of Santa Barbara Archip. — 76.9

14 — Arawaks of the Rio Xingu (Mehinaku, etc.) 78.2 —

31 — Indians of Arizona 78.6 —

419 — Pimas of New Mexico 78.4 —

123 — Ute Indians 79.5 —

28 — Tupis of the Xingu (Kamayuras and Anetos) 79.1 —

114 37 Eskimo of Alaska 79.2 77.0

— 103 Indians of the Californian coast — 77.3

135 — Iroquoians 79.3 —

26 27 Yahgan Fuegians 79.5 76.8

570 42 Indians: Algonquians, Abenaki, Cree, etc. 79.8 77.4

261 136 Siouans 79.8 78.9

Oceanians.

163 — Natives of Solomon Islands 77.6 —

— 12 (S.) Morioris of the Chatham Islands — 76.2

— 30 Natives of the Marquesas Islands — 76.4

22 (S.) 22 (S.) Natives of the Gilbert Islands (Kingsmill) 78.4 73.8

59 — Various Polynesians 79.7 —

Europeans.

122 — Catalans of the Balearic Islands 77.7 —

6,579 — Sardinians 77.5 —

1,410 — Castillians 78.5 —

574 — Catalans of Spain 78.1 —

8,368 — Spaniards in general 78.2 —

— 48 Swedes of the central provinces 78.2 76.0

50 — French Catalans of Roussillon 78.6 —

— 59 Chuvashes — 77.2

32,526 — Sicilians 79.0 —

325 — Spanish Basques 79.3 —

129 18 Cheremisses 79.2 76.8

362 — Belgian Flemings 79.5 —

MESOCEPHALS, 79.7–81.9 (77.7–79.9).

Americans.

10 — Bakairis of Brazil 79.0 —

84 10 Pawnee Indians 80.0 78.8

16 — Yakis 79.8 —

257 38 Crow and Cheyenne Indians 80.5 79.8

28 — Southern Caribs of the Rio Xingu 79.8 —

20 — Bororos of the Amazon basin 81.2 —

15 — Nahuquas of Brazil 80.6 —

30 — Caribs of the four Guianas 80.9 —

225 99 (S.) Omahas 81.8 80.5

Asiatics.

130 — Tenggerese of the east of Java 79.7 —

60 — Baluchis of Baluchistan 80.0 —

— 125 Chinese in general — 78.3

36 — Nicobarese 80.4 —

13 — Dungans of Kuldja 80.5 —

58 — Tipperahs of Chittagong 80.5 —

20 — Achinese 80.5 —

58 — Battas of Lake Toba 80.6 —

22 — Jakuns of Johor 80.9 —

61 84 (S.) Southern Chinese (princ. of Canton) 81.2 78.2

19 24 Andamanese 81.4 81.6

90 — Magh or Arakanese of Chittagong 81.8 —

11 — Teleuts or Telenghits (Siberia) 81.8 —

— 14 Eskimo of Asia — 79.0

Europeans.

35 — Gypsies of Hungary 79.9 —

37 — Tatars of the Crimea 80.0 —

55 — Jews of Bosnia 80.1 —

171 — French of the dep. du Nord 80.4 —

60 — Letts of the Baltic provinces 80.5 —

1,000 — Limousins and Perigourdins 80.7 —

463 — Spaniards of the Cantabrian region 80.3 —

30 (S.) 47 (S.) Dutch of the prov. of Gröningen 81.0 77.6

1,000 — Normans (Calvados, Seine-Inf., etc.) 81.3 —

— 87 Dutch of the province of Friesland — 78.1

— 206 Inhabitants of the prov. of Prussia — 79.2

— 96 (S.) Cherkess (Abkhazians, Chapsug, etc.) — 79.4

— 159 Franconians of N.W. of Bavaria — 79.8

59,165 — Italians of the South (Abruzzi, Puglie, etc.) 81.2 —

54 — Magyar-Szeklers 81.4 —

67 — Georgian-Mingrelians, and Imers 81.4 —

91 — Provençals 81.7 —

59 — Meshtcheriaks 81.8 —

Oceanians.

14 — Islanders of Fakaofu (Takelau Arch.) 80.6 —

12 — Natives of New Ireland 81.0 —

SUB-BRACHYCEPHALS, 82–85.2 (80–83.2).

Asiatics and Eurasians.

22 — Parsees of Bombay 82.0 —

20 — Kouïs of Cambodia 82.0 —

97 (S.) 51 (S.) Kalmuks of the Volga 82.1 81.4

11 14 Coreans 82.6 81.6

25 — Man-Tien of Kaobang (Tong King) 82.5 —

182 — Annamese in general 82.8 —

49 — Malays of Sumatra and Penang 82.8 —

231 — Burmese 83.1 —

139 — Yakuts 83.1 —

14 — Tsiams of French Indo-China 83.2 —

— 18 (S.) Tunguse Reindeer-holders — 81.2

21 — Solorese (E. of Flores and Solor) 83.4 —

56 — Laotians of Lower Laos 83.6 —

30 — Cambodians 83.6 —

76 — Annamese of Tong King 83.8 —

152 (S.) 15 (S.) Samoyeds 83.8 82.4

13 13 Takhtadji of Lycia 84.2 —

26 — Ansariehs of Antioch 84.2 —

100 — Chakama (Arakan-Bengali mongrels) 84.3 —

197 14 Kalmuks of Kuldja and Tarbagat 84.5 83.3

12 30 (S.) Bugis of Mangkassar 84.6 80.6

— 12 Islanders of Madura (N. of Java) — 82.6

66 88 (S.) Javanese 84.6 83.0

18 — Negrito Aetas (Philippines) 84.7 —

107 27 Uzbegs of Russian Turkestan 84.8 —

74 — Tajiks 84.8 —

Americans.

60 — Arawaks of Dutch Guiana 82.6 —

63 (S.) — Haidas 82.7 —

77 — Maricopas (Yuma Indians) 82.9 —

129 — Zuñi Indians 83.0 —

16 — Indians of S. Oregon 84.0 82.2

— 22 Navajos (deformed) 84.2 —

26 (S.) — Bilculas 84.5 —

74 — Comanches 84.6 —

16 — Yucatecs of Mexico 84.7 —

193 — Moquis or Mokis 84.9 —

18 — Patagonians 85.2 —

Africans.

20 — Saras of Shari (Basin of Lake Chad) 82.4 —

14 — Hovas of Madagascar 84.0 —

Oceanians.

10 — Islanders of Fanafuti (Ellice group) 82.4 —

23 19 Islanders of Tonga Arch. 82.6 84.2

— 177 Hawaiians of Sandwich Islands — 80.4

23 13 (S.) Samoans 83.7 77.5

43 52 (S.) Polynesians of Tahiti, Marquesas, Pomotu, and Tubuai Islands 85.1 76.0

Europeans.

126 — Votiaks 82.0 —

100 — Permiaks 82.2 —

36 — Zyrians 82.2 —

199 — Belgian Wallons 82.2 —

30,970 — Italians of Liguria and Tuscany 82.3 —

290 — Bielorousses or White Russians 82.4 —

775 — Alsatians of Lower Alsace 82.5 —

294 — Italians in general 82.7 —

261 — Ossets 82.6 —

3,000 — Bretons (France) 82.7 —

30 — Tatars of Kassimov 82.8 —

447 421 (S.) Great Russians of the Central and N. provinces 82.9 80.7

220 — French Basques 83.0 —

98 — Wurtembergers 83.1 —

168 — Mordvinians 83.3 —

416 — Jews of Galicia and Western Russia 83.4 —

1,355 — Ruthenians of the Plain (Galicia) 83.4 —

90 — Georgian-Gruzins 83.5 —

17 — Veps or Chud of Olonetsk 83.5 —

187 — Ruthenians of the Mountains (Galicia) 83.6 —

15,914 — French in general 83.6 —

170 — Tatars of the Mountains (Caucasus) 83.6 —

165 — Cherkess-Kabards 83.7 —

20 — Russian Lapps 83.8 —

19 — Georgian-Svanes 83.9 —

6,800 — Inhabitants of Baden 84.1 —

53,020 — Italians (Lomb., Umbr., March.) 84.1 —

226 40 (S.) Magyars in general 84.5 82.3

78 — Eastern Chechen 84.5 —

200 — Little Russians of Kiev 84.6 —

52 — Lesghi-Didos 84.6 —

44 — Kumyks of the Caucasus 84.7 —

52,410 — Italians of Venetia-Emilia 85.1 —

— 134 Swiss of Untervalden — 83.8

53 — Jews of Akhaltsikh (Caucasus) 85.2 —

BRACHYCEPHALS, 85.3–86.9 (83.3–84.9).

Asiatics.

56 — Galchas (Russian Turkestan) 85.5 —

— 16 Tunguse-Orochons — 83.4

17 17 Siamese — 83.0

341 — Armenians in general 85.6 —

— 13 Burmese of Arakan and Talaing — 83.7

21 18 Sundanese (West Java) 86.3 85.5

20 (S.) 35 (S.) Giliaks 86.3 83.4

16 (S.) — Bicols of Luzon (Philippines) 86.6 —

333 — Taranchi of Russian and Eastern Turkestan 86.6 —

270 — Armenians of Transcaucasia 85.6 —

Europeans.

— 1000 (S.) Bavarians of old Bavaria — 83.2

32,790 — Piedmontese 85.9 —

16 — Tatar Nogai of the Caucasus 85.8 —

130 — Lesghi-Darghis of the Caucasus 86.2 —

200 — Rumanians of Bukovina 86.3 —

25 — Lesghi-Udes 86.6 —

27 — Georgian Lazes 86.8 —

235 — Savoyards 86.9 —

Oceanians and Americans.

20 20 (S.) Islanders of Tahiti 85.5 76.6

— 36 Aleuts — 84.8

— 100 Araucans of Argentine Republic — 83.9

HYPER-BRACHYCEPHALS, 87 (85) AND ABOVE.

Europeans.

— 65 (S.) Romanches of Switzerland — 85.0

30 — Dalmatians 87.0 —

19 — Jews of Daghestan (Mountaineers) 87.0 —

105 (S.) 41 (S.) Scandinavian Lapps 87.4 85.0

69 — Magyars of Rumania 87.8 —

140 — French (Haute-Loire, Lozère, Cantal) 87.4 —

Asiatics.

384 — Kirghiz-Kasaks and Karakirghiz 87.2 —

33 — Aissors of Transcaucasia and Urmia 88.7 —

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