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��THE FOSSA PHARYNGEA

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��not frequent enough to be of any great significance racially. It appears to be somewhat more frequent in Asiatic crania than in European crania. But even here the material is grouped in such a way that its significance is obscured. Bearing in mind the tre- mendous differentiation of mankind at the present time, material studied under such headings as European, Asiatic, and Papuasian can throw very little light upon our modern anthropological prob- lems. Especially is this true in the study of such characters as the fossa pharyngea and other anomalous conditions. There ia

TABLE II

GROUPS REPRESENTED BY A SMALL NUMBER OF CRANIA BUT SHOWING A RELATIVELY HIGH FREQUENCY OF THE PHARYNGEAL FOSSA

��Group

�Number of Skulls

�Number with Pharyngeal Fossa

�Percent with Pharyngeal Fossa

�Papaijo

�I

�I

�IOO.O.

�Clear Creek, Arizona "

�6

�2

�33.3-

�Tepecano, Mexico

�4

� �25. o<

�Guatemala Indian

�6

� �16.6-

�Williamson County, Tennessee

�8

� �12-5

�Illinois

�8

� �12.5

�Miscellaneous Plains Indian

�10

� �IO O

�Otomi, Mexico

�ii

� �Q.O

� � � � �Total

�C4

�9

�i8x

� � � � ��TABLE III

GROUPS REPRESENTED BY A LARGE NUMBER OF CRANIA WHICH SHOW A Low FRE- QUENCY OF THE PHARYNGEAL FOSSA

��Group

�Number of Skulls

�Number with Pharyngeal Fossa

�Percent with Pharyngeal Fossa

�Tarascan, Mexico. . . .....

�130

�7

�5-4

�Hank O'Kala, Huata, Bolivia Salish, ^^ashington

�17

24

�I I

�5-3 4.3.

�City of Mexico ... .

�25

�I

�4.0,

�Chinook May's Lick, Kentucky

�92 45

�3

I

�3-3,

2.2-

�Kwakiutl

�87

�2

�2.2*

�Eastern Eskimo

�5

�I

�2.O

�Takana Chullpa Bolivia

�50

�I

�2.O

�Peru, Coastal Region

�58

�I

�i-7

�Charassani, Bolivia ....

�144

�2

�1.4

�Tama Tarn Chullpa, Bolivia Kupa Pukeo Chullpa, Bolivia

�184

144

�2

I

�I.O

7

�Total

�1050

�24

�2.3

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