Pagan races of the Malay Peninsula - Sabrizain.org

RACIAL AFFINITIES 597
measures 480, the sagittal circumference, however, only 363 mm. Of the latter
33.0 per cent fall to the front, 35.8 to the middle, and 31. i to the back of the
head ; the relations therefore resemble in a high degree those of No. i. On
the other hand the breadth of brow (87 mm.) as well as the temporal diameter
(99 mm. ) is smaller. Strong i)arietal stenokrotaphy. Very broad basilar process.
The form is hypsi-braxhyiepkalic (L. Br. I. 80.3; L. H. I. 76.3) Smooth,
small brow, without supra-orbital ridges, and without subglabellar depression.
Flattened curve of the vault. Projecting occiput.
Middle facial index ihainivprosopic (47.4). Cheek-bones as a whole depressed,
marked tuberositas temporalis, zygomatic arches moderately prominent. Orbital
index mesokonchic {84.2) ; nasal index platyrrhine {52.2) ; palatal index leptostaphyline
(77.7). Strong prognathism ; short alveolar processes, which are formed
quite like a shovel. Teeth are wanting, except the much worn and tartarcovered
first molar of the left side. Nose broad at root, bridge rather flattened
and deeply indented, nasal bones tolerably broad, aperture wide. P'ronto-nasal
suture placed very deeply. External auditory meatus much constricted. Palate
large. Curve of teeth almost horse-shoe-shaped ; slight torus palatinus.
A comparison of these results shows us that the cerebral portion of the skull
undergoes greater variations than the facial. As regards the former, of the three
skulls, two indeed are nannocephalic, and the third reaches only the modest
capacity of 1 230 ccm., but this latter is in fact hypsi-brachycephalic, resembling,
to speak more accurately. No. i, whereas No. 2, on the other hand, is hypsi-
mesaticephalic, on account of its smaller breadth. The proportions of the face
are much more constant. The predominant character is platyrrhiny, combined
with leptostaphyly, which is present in all the skulls. In co-relationship with
this should be mentioned the lowness of the face, as expressed by the middle
facial index, and the lowness of the face in general, as expressed by the total
facial index, the latter being shown at least in two out of three skulls. On the
other hand, the orbits show, as they frequently do, greater individual variations,
since No. i and No. 2 have a hypsikonchic index, whereas No. 3, on the other
hand, is mesokonchic. In spite of this, the racial unity of the tribe cannot be
doubted ;
the similarities are greater and more numerous than the differences.'
Jakun Skulls described by Virchow. Page 82.
Capacity ....
I. Measiircmcnts.-
Greatest horizontal length
breadth
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Vertical height
Auricular height
Horizontal circumference
Sagittal circumference, frontal arc
,, ,, parietal arc
,, ,, occipital arc .
Entire sagittal circumference .
Minimal frontal breadth
Temporal breadth
Occipital breadth
Auricular breadth
Height of Eace («) (Nasion to " Brow ")3
,, (/') ( ,, Prosthion)
' l\ B. G. A. xxviii. (\irchow) 147, 14S.
- lb. p. 1 56. ^ ? Bregma.