A Racial Study of the Fijians

by Norman E. Gabel

	Absent	Subm.	+	Total
	No. %	No. %	No. %
Fiji I	13 2	775 95	25 3	813
Interior	4 3	149 97	0 0	153
East	0 0	116 97	4 3	120
Coast	3 1	193 92	13 6	209
N.W.	0 0	79 100	0 0	79

A narrowness in the temporal part of the head is indicated. Sixty-nine per cent of the subject show submedium temporal fullness, whereas the remainder are moderate. This condition is not marked and may best be described as a discernable tendency.

The back of the head is generally rather flat as the 95 per cent incidence of occipital protrusion indicates. This is a natural condition; no intentional flattening is practiced by Fijians.

Lambdoidal Flattening

	Absent	Subm.	+	Total
	No. %	No. %	No. %
Fiji I	754 93	32 4	27 3	813
Interior	153 100	0 0	0 0	153
East	113 94	5 4	2 2	120
Coast	188 90	13 6	8 4	209
N.W.	72 91	3 4	4 5	79

Occipital Flattening

	Absent	Subm.	+	Total
	No. %	No. %	No. %
Fiji I	809 100	2 0	2 0	813
Interior	153 100	0 0	0 0	153
East	120 100	0 0	0 0	120
Coast	209 100	0 0	0 0	209
N.W.	79 99	0 0	1 1	79

Median Sagittal Crest

	Absent	Subm.	+	Total
	No. %	No. %	No. %
Fiji I	600 74	177 22	36 4	813
Interior	96 63	46 30	11 7	153
East	109 91	10 8	1 1	120
Coast	160 77	43 21	6 3	209
N.W.	53 57	24 30	2 3	79