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HKCOKDS OF THK AUSTKALIAN MUHKUM. 



It will be noted that the glabello-inion, glabelio-lanibda and 

 greatest lengths are practically equal, a condition found in the 

 Neanderthal type and Fitkecauthropnif, and a feature that is 

 regarded as marking a very primitive condition, It is interest- 

 ing to note that the Moriori skulls "A" and "B" show a 

 greater departure from this condition than do the four .Maori 

 skulls. 



The glabello-inion-lainlxhi angle is 78° in ihe Whangarei skull 

 ■which is considerably larger than in tlie Neanderthal type and 

 Pithecanthropus, and is within tlie limits of Australian and 

 Tasmanian skulls. The inde.x of frontal curvature, measured for 

 comparison by Klaatsch's method, is 16; of parietal curvature, 

 18-7 ; and of occi|)ital curvature, 9"3— all of tlie.se lieing within 

 the limits of Australian aboriginal skulls. 



The angle of the bregma, the si/e of which is looked upon a.s 

 an important intlication of specialisation, is f)!)'. In the Nean- 

 derthal type it is from 45" to 47"; in Fithecanthropns it is 41"; 

 among Europeans it is 54" to 64" ; in Tasmanians, 54" to 59" ; and 

 in Australian aborisrinals from 51" to 6U°. The index, of the 



