Dr. T. Tóth szerk.: Paleoanthropological studies (Anthropologia Hungarica 8/1-2. Budapest, 1968)

33 per cent long (dolichocranial), and 30 per cent short or very short, respecti­vely (brachy-, hyperhrachy- and ultrabrachycranial ). The length-height index was determinable on 77 per cent of the material. Here again, there is a difference between the two sexes. While 56 per cent of the male skulls are high (hypsicranial) and 44 per cent medium high (orthocranial), the ma­jority of the female skulls (57 per cent) is medium high (orthocranial) and 43 per cent high' (hypsicranial). Combining the two sexes with reference to this index, 52 per cent of the exa­mined skulls are high (hypsicranial) and 48 per cent medium high (orthocranial). Skulls of low characteristics have not been observed. The breadth-height index was determinable in 77 per cent of the skulls. The majority of both the male (44 per cent) and the female (72 per cent) skulls is mo­derately high (metriocranial). High (acrocranial ) is 31 per cent of the males, and 14 per cent of the females, whereas low (tapeinocranial) are 25, and 14, per cents, respectively, of the two sexes. On the basis of the combined results, 52 per cent of the skulls are moderately high (metriocranial), 26 per cent high (acrocranial), and 22 per cent low (tapeino­cranial) . The frontal-parietal index was determinable in the entire material.The skulls show a preponderantly wide forehead (eurymetopic), 65 per cent of the males and 70 per cent of the females belonging to this group. A medium forehead (metriometopic) is shown by 15 per cent of the males and 30 per cent of the females. A narrow forehead (stenometopic) was found in the males only (20 per cent). According to the combined results, the frequency of the skulls with a wide forehead (eurymetopic) is 67 per cent, that of the medium ones (metriometopic) 20 per cent, and that of the narrow ones (stenometopic) 13 per cent. The total facial index was . calculable for 60 per cent of the skulls. The index-groups are distributed as follows: 54 per cent of the male and 60 per cent of the female skulls have medium wide faces (mesoprosopic), 31 and 20 per cents are wide (euryprosopic), and 15 and 20 per cents narrow (leptoprosopic). Accordingly, the majority (55 per cent) of the examined skulls is, -in this respect, medium wide (mesoprosopic), 28 per cent wide (euryprosopic), and 17 per cent narrow (leptoprosopic). The upper face index was determinable for 63 per cent of the skulls.According to my data, the upper face of the skulls is preponderantly medium wide (mesen). To this group belong 64 per cent of the males and 100 per cent of the females. A wide upper face (euryen) is shown by 36 per cent of the males. No skull showing a narrow upper face character (lepten) was found in the material. Consequently, 74 per cent of the skulls display a medium wide (mesen), and 26 per cent a wide (euryen), upper face. The orbital index was calculable for 87 per cent of the skulls. The majority of the orbital index (males 50 per cent, females 63 per cent) is medium (meso­conch); the frequency of the high orbital (hypsiconch) is 44 per cent in the males and 37 per cent in the females. Skulss showing a low orbital (chamaeconch) were found in the males only (6 per cent). Therefore 54 per cent of the skulls exhibit medium (mesoconch), 42 per cent high (hypsiconch), and 4 per cent low (chamaeconch), orbitals. The evaluation of the nasal index was possible in 80 per cent of the mate-

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