mesocephalic
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Broca's "Kymric" skulls are mesocephalic; this he attributes to crossing with the short round-heads.
From The Religion of the Ancient Celts by MacCulloch, J. A.
Their skulls are of the mesocephalic type, the height being greater than the breadth; according to Davis, 75 is the index of the latter and 77 of the former.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various
One Kalabit is platycephalic, 1 mesocephalic, and 8 hypsicephalic as regards length-height, and all are hypsicephalic as regards breadth-height.
From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort)
Two are mesocephalic in the length-height index and none in the breadth-height, all the remainder are hypsicephalic in both respects; 4 are pyriform, 2 oval, and 1 ellipsoidal in shape.
From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort)
One man is platycephalic, 3 men and 1 woman mesocephalic and the rest hypsicephalic as regards length-height, all are hypsicephalic as regards breadth-height, in each respect the women being markedly more hypsicephalic than the men.
From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort)
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