diameter lateral × 100
—————-———————
diameter antero-posterior
which in both sexes and in all the racial subdivisions is higher on the
left side.
The index in the Munsee femora is noteworthy in another respect: It
is decidedly smaller in both sexes of this group than it is in the
American negro and especially in the United States whites. Judging
from data on other Indians in the writer’s possession, it seems very
probable that the characteristic shown by the Munsee in this regard
is common to Indians in general. As may be seen by reference to the
figures in the following table, the low shaft index in the Munsee
is due entirely to smaller breadth; the Munsee femur is relatively
narrower than that of both whites and negroes.
XLVIII. COMPARISON OF THE PROPORTIONS AND INDEX OF THE SHAFT OF THE
FEMUR AT MIDDLE, IN MUNSEE, WHITES, AND NEGROES. PAIRED BONES
MALES
----------------+-------------------------+------------------------
| Right | Left
+---------+--------+------+---------+--------+-----
|Diameter | |Index |Diameter | |Index
|antero- |Diameter| |antero- |Diameter|
|posterior|lateral | |posterior|lateral |
----------------+---------+--------+------+---------+--------+-----
Munsee: | _cm._ | _cm._ | | _cm._ | _cm._ |
Specimens | (16) | (16) | (16)| (16) | (16) | (16)
Average | 2.92 | 2.55 | 87.1| 2.90 | 2.61 | 89.9
United States | | | | | |
whites: | | | | | |
Specimens | (66) | (66) | (66)| (66) | (66) | (66)
Average | 2.95 | 2.84 | 96.3| 2.95 | 2.87 | 97.4
United States | | | | | |
negroes: | | | | | |
Specimens | (6) | (6) | (6) | (6) | (6) | (6)
Average | 3.06 | 2.77 | 90.5| 3.06 | 2.77 | 90.5
----------------+---------+--------+------+---------+--------+-------
FEMALES
----------------+---------+--------+------+---------+--------+------
Munsee: | | | | | |
Specimens | (13) | (13) | (13) | (13) | (13) | (13)
Average | 2.58 | 2.35 | 91.2 | 2.48 | 2.38 | 93.1
United States | | | | | |
whites: | | | | | |
Specimens | (28) | (28) | (28) | (28) | (28) | (28)
Average | 2.64 | 2.58 | 97.7 | 2.65 | 2.63 | 99.5
United States | | | | | |
negroes: | | | | | |
Specimens | (7) | (7) | (7) | (7) | (7) | (7)
Average | 2.68 | 2.53 | 94.4 | 2.63 | 2.58 | 98.1
----------------+---------+--------+------+---------+--------+------