MALES
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| Number | | | | |Breadth-|Thickness-
| of |Length|Breadth|Thick-|Module| length | length
|specimens| | | ness | | index | index
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| |_cm._ | _cm._ |_cm._ |_cm._ | |
Munsee | (22) | 3.75 | 2.85 | 2.52 | 3.04 | 75.1 | 67.1
| | | | | | |
United | | | | | | |
States | | | | | | |
whites| (48) | 3.96 | 3.02 | 2.59 | 3.19 | 76.3 | 65.5
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FEMALES
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Munsee | (24) | 3.51 | 2.63 | 2.26 | 2.80 | 75 | 64.3
| | | | | | |
United | | | | | | |
States | | | | | | |
whites| (36) | 3.62 | 2.67 | 2.37 | 2.89 | 73.7 | 65.5
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As to points for observation, some interest attaches to the cuneiform
and talus facets. In the United States whites the facet for the
external cuneiform is single in 70 per cent of the cases, divided by a
well-marked ridge in 23 per cent, and double, though mostly connected,
in 7 per cent of the specimens. In the Munsee, in 45 bones, a single
facet is present in 42, or 93 per cent; and one with a ridge in three,
or approximately 7 per cent, while two facets occur in no instance.
In the United States whites a facet for the talus was found by the
writer in four specimens out of the 82 examined, or approximately 5 per
cent. Among 44 cuboids of the Munsee it occurred in only one instance
(2.3 per cent), and in this case it was small.
The anterior or metatarsal facet of the cuboid is on the average
flatter in the whites than in the Munsee, especially from side to side
and in the bones of the males.
_Internal Cuneiform_
The internal cuneiform is the largest of the cuneiforms and yields two
measurements—the greatest height and smallest breadth—which with their
indexes are suitable for comparison. There are 45 of these bones in the
Munsee material.
The results of the measurements, given in the next table, show the bone
in the males to be as usual somewhat larger than in the females. With
respect to the sides, the left bone is as high as and very slightly
broader than the right in the males (in paired bones); but in the
females the left internal cuneiform is very slightly lower and more
perceptibly narrower than the right.
The breadth-height index on both sides is higher in the females,
which shows that in this sex the bone is not only absolutely but also
relatively lower than in the males.