CIIAKACTERISTICS TCKTAIXING TO ANCIENT MAN 



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tnre, clearly (leriiiiiigits nuture, and establisliiu^- the genuiiieiicss of tliu 

 specimen as an instance of the characteristic. 



In Fig. 2 is illustrated the inferior extremity of a right humerus from 

 the same mound. In this, tlie opening, though snuiUer, is as well devel- 

 oped as in the first example, and the hone, though of about the same 



Fig. 1. 



Fig. 2. 



Inferior extremity of perforatedlcffc 

 liiiiiierns, from Great Mouiid, liont;c 

 Kiver, Micliif^iin. I'osiorior surface ; 

 full size. 



Inferior extremity of perforated 

 riyht linmenKs from Great Mound, 

 Ivoiij^e River, Michigan. IVsteriorsur- 

 face ; full size. 



