| Show I The American Woman of the Old Stock Shows vs a Superior Head in Size ize By DR ALES HRDLICKA U. U S. S National Museum I i The main characteristics of the old Americans are first of all a n tall tta stature ure They rhey are if we disregard a few small groups the tallest blUest of hits b hil averaging five feet eight inches in the men and five feet four inches iu in th the women This superiority is in p part rt a 1 distinctly American tion They are mostly relatively spare spare in early ad life with rather a to l later ter In this connection there tendency j oven overweight on appears one seri MIS feature many feature many of younger the the younger women are behind their due standard stand stand- ard Their chest their muscles are relatively not as well developed as are thug tho of the men The rhe men in the average are in every way a fine lot But the Am American rican woman shows a superior head hea in 8 size ze The size of her head is somewhat above what it usually is in relation to the average head of the male and it is also perceptibly above that indicated by her stature E As the size of or head means a corresponding size of brain we have here a n highly favorable condition |
