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blood group is the most frequent among the studied series (39.0%), then follow the A group (29.0%) the О (25.0%) and finally the AB with a frequency of (7.0%). But since the number of examined cases is small no far-reaching conclusions may be drawn from the percentages of blood groups and from the differences between the sexes. After the pathological survey of the series let us examine the percentage in which pathological changes could be noted on the individuals between 23—x years of age in the treated population. The pathological changes taken into consideration with this purpose in mind are the following: plagiocephaly, microcephalic tendency, caput quadratum, osteomalatia, status post fracturam, degenerative changes, senile athrophy, tumors and inflammatory process with the exception of cysta alveolaris. Table 20 presents the data of 6 cemeteries. Pathological change occurs generally more frequently on male skeletons with the exception of Sárbogárd where it is more frequently noted on females. This factor, however, is likely caused by the circumstance that the number of old women is high, while that of old men is low. Even the mortality rates yield different figures. Not so many types of pathological changes could be observed on the males dying at an earlier age as on the skeletons of women dying in old age. At any rate if the mean value of the pathological changes of the Sárbogárd population does not reach the high frequency found in Gáva, the large number and many types of pathological changes noted in Sárbogárd, several of which are very serious, as well as the many types of developmental anomalies, all witness the unfavourable social circumstances in which this population was living. 8. Taxonomical Survey We could already get an idea of the mixed, heterogeneous character of the population from the analysis of the measurements and morphological traits, or rather from the variation of these. In the following let us examine whether contrary to the heterogeneous composition of the population it is possible to distinguish larger groups based on similarities. Since the cranial index showed the greatest variation (and the related horizontal circumference and median-sagittal arc), let us begin with them in order to find out about possible groups in trying to draw a graph of the pertinent values of males and females. Looking at Figure 24 we are immediately struck by the fact that the index values and their components do not show a clustering around certain points. We can only see that the values of males were distributed between broader, while those of females between narrower limits. The same can be experienced if graphing the usual groups of forms on the basis of cranial index (Figure 25). As it is seen among the males the dolichocranic individuals are in the majority, but if we class the hyperbrachycranio group to the brachycranic, the brachycranic element beFig. 24. Distribution of maximum cranial length and breadth 121