Chapter XXIV: Munsee Crania: Lower Borders of Nasal Aperture

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| 7 males | 12 females
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|Cases|Per cent|Cases|Per cent
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Normal, fairly sharp| 4 | 57 | 11 | 92
Dull | — | — | — | —
Asymmetric | 2 | 29 | 1 | 8
Simian grooves | 1 | 14 | — | —
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NASAL SPINE

On the whole the nasal spine reaches its most pronounced development, especially in height, in the modern whites. It is rudimentary or absent in the anthropoid apes, and seldom reaches marked development in the yellow-brown and black races. Among Indians it ranges from rudimentary or very low to fairly well developed. In the Munsee, as shown by the accompanying figures, it was mostly very low to submedium.

UNDEFORMED TYPICAL FEMALE MUNSEE SKULL, NO. 285,309, U.S.N.M. (VIEW FROM ABOVE)]

MALE MUNSEE SKULL, NO. 285,306, U.S.N.M., SHOWING FINE OVOID OUTLINE]

LARGE MALE SKULL, NO. 2010-4423, A.M.N.H., FROM MANHATTAN ISLAND, SHOWING FINE ELLIPTICAL OUTLINE]