in THE NEANDERTHAL MAN. 173 



mm. inches. 



Length of the frontal from the 

 nasal process to the coronal su- 

 ture 133(125) = 5.25"-5". 



Extreme width of the frontal si- 

 nuses 25 (23) = 1.0"-0.9". 



Vertical height above a line join- 

 ing the deepest notches in the 

 squamous border of the parietals 70 = 2.75". 



Width of hinder part of skull from 

 one parietal protuberance to the 

 other 138 (150) = 5.4"-5.9\ 



Distance from the upper angle of 

 the occipital to the superior 

 semicircular lines 51 (60) = 1.9" -2.4". 



Thickness of the bone at the parie- 

 tal protuberance 8. 



at the angle of the occipital 9. 



at the superior semicircular 



line of the occipital 10 = 0.3". 



" Besides the cranium, the following bones have been 

 secured : — 



" 1. Both thigh-bones, perfect. These, like the skull, 

 and all the other bones, are characterized by their unusual 

 thickness, and the great development of all the elevations 

 and depressions for the attachment of muscles. In the 

 Anatomical Museum at Bonn, under the designation of 

 * Giant's bones,' are some recent thigh-bones, with which 

 in thickness the foregoing pretty nearly correspond, al- 

 though they are shorter. 



Giant's bones. Fossil bones, 

 mm. inches. mm. inches. 



Length 542 = 21.4" . . . 438 = 17.4". 



Diameter of head of femur 54 = 2.14" ... 53 = 2.0". 



Diameter of lower articular end, 



from one condyle to the 



other 89 = 3.5" ... 87 = 3.4". 



Diameter of femur in the middle . 33 = 1.2" ... 30 = 1.1". 



