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Apparently European Jews (both Ashkenazi and Sephardi ones) were/are brachycephalic (C.I. between 81.5 and 83.0):
http://www.eupedia.com/forum/threads/32413-Average-CWC-skull-metrics?p=483155&viewfull=1#post483155
I wonder what could be the reason of this? Aren't they supposed to be dolichocephalic, like Mediterranid-type peoples?
Quote:
"(...) Setting aside the Caucasian and also the African Jews, we find that the cephalic index of nearly all European Jews is between 81.5 and 83.0, showing only a limited variability, which may be attributed to the usual discrepancies between the different series of measurements of a single and homogeneous race. Another remarkable fact is the striking absence of dolichocephaly, varying from one percent in Blechman's to 7.3 in Glück's series; and at the same time there seems to be a marked preponderance of the brachycephalic type - the results of all observers show that over 60 percent of the individuals measured had a C.I. of over 80. This is about as far as we can go while attempting to study the head-form of the Jews from the accumulated anthropological literature of today. (...)"
Source:
Maurice Fishberg, "Physical Anthropology of the Jews. I. The Cephalic Index", published in: "American Anthropologist", Vol. 4, No. 4, 1902.
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Am I right to assume that Ancient Jews were dolichocephalic, like the Mediterranid subrace ???
http://www.eupedia.com/forum/threads/32413-Average-CWC-skull-metrics?p=483155&viewfull=1#post483155
I wonder what could be the reason of this? Aren't they supposed to be dolichocephalic, like Mediterranid-type peoples?
Quote:
"(...) Setting aside the Caucasian and also the African Jews, we find that the cephalic index of nearly all European Jews is between 81.5 and 83.0, showing only a limited variability, which may be attributed to the usual discrepancies between the different series of measurements of a single and homogeneous race. Another remarkable fact is the striking absence of dolichocephaly, varying from one percent in Blechman's to 7.3 in Glück's series; and at the same time there seems to be a marked preponderance of the brachycephalic type - the results of all observers show that over 60 percent of the individuals measured had a C.I. of over 80. This is about as far as we can go while attempting to study the head-form of the Jews from the accumulated anthropological literature of today. (...)"
Source:
Maurice Fishberg, "Physical Anthropology of the Jews. I. The Cephalic Index", published in: "American Anthropologist", Vol. 4, No. 4, 1902.
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Am I right to assume that Ancient Jews were dolichocephalic, like the Mediterranid subrace ???