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Maximum breadths of samples of male Egyptian skulls from 4000 B.C. and 150 A.D. (based on data from Ancient Races of the Thebaid by Thomas and Randall-Maciver):
4000 B.C.: 131 119 138 125 129 126 131 132 126 128 128 131
150 A.D.: 136 130 126 126 139 141 137 138 133 131 134 129
Changes in head size over time suggest interbreeding with people from other regions. Use confidence intervals to determine whether the head sizes appear to have changed from 4000 B.C. to 150 A.D. Explain your result.

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This solution uses confidence intervals to compare the means of two groups (Egyptian skull breadths from two historical periods).

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