A STUDY OF THE CRANIA OF THE HYLAM CHINESE

1 January 1928

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Biometrika

Vol. 20B (3-4) , 245-278
https://doi.org/10.1093/biomet/20b.3-4.245

Abstract

Thirty-nine [male] crania have the following means: maximum length, 168.25 mm.; maximum breadth, 147.79 mm.; cephalic index, 87.89; basi-bregmatic height, 135.96 mm.; vertical index, 80.84; basi-nasal length, 96.44 mm.; basi-alveolar length, 93.52 mm.; orbital breadth, 38.56 mm.; orbital height, 33.65 mm. The closest resemblance is with Tildesley''s Burmese A crania. Type contours are given. "The Hylam Chinese are the product of the blending of Chinese proper from the northern provinces with the aboriginal Les, whose affinities are with the Shans. . . . Perhaps the most remarkable feature of the Hylam head in the living subject is the marked flattening of the occipital region, the back of the head making a straight line with the back of the neck.".

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