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The goals of this research were two. A first aim was to determine relationships between craniofacial anatomy and craniofacial response to cold, and a second, to apply the results to historical and evolutionary models.Detailed anthropometric measurements were taken on 58 young men native to Hawaii; 33 were of Japanese descent, and 25 of European ancestry. Facial and other temperatures were recorded during 70 minutes of cooling at 0°C. Heat loss was enhanced by ten foot‐per‐second air movement.Though the Europeans showed more cold‐induced vasodilation at facial sites, there were cross‐sample correlation agreements which suggested that temperatures remain lower in the presence of high cheek thickness, protrusive malar area, and probably a smaller, shorter head. Consequently, the Coon‐Garn‐Birdsell 'cold‐engineered face,' based on a frostbite selection model, is rejected, and an effort is made to fit Asiatics, Europeans and European Neanderthals to current findings.Additional detail is presented on shape‐temperature regressions as well as simple racial comparisons for cranio‐facial shape, body build, and temperature.

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