Cranial Map
The world mapped according to the distribution of cranial capacity.
Average head size increases with colder climates. Yellow and orange
show where average cranial capacities for indigeneous populations
prior to extensive contact are less than 1300 cubic centimeters.
Colors grade to light blue, where population averages are over 1450
cc.
Beals, Smith and Dodd (1984) give
a thermodynamic explanation for this pattern. Heads get rounder and
larger as human populations adapt to cold climates.
Court's major interests
include comparative
cultures,
natural resources and community values,
and wealth and
poverty.
See also: Smith and Beals 1990, Beals, Smith and Dodd (1987);
and Beals, Smith and Dodd 1983)
![[image]](vitacnt.gif)
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