WHOLE VOL. SKELETAL REMAINS OF EARLY MAN HRDLICKA '^'^ 



they exhibit." For Keith, " except for the thickness of the skull 

 bones, the head was shaped and balanced as in us " (Antiquity of 

 Man, 1925, 570, 578, 595). It is a skull that "in its general con- 

 formation does not differ materially from human skulls of the modern 

 type" (ibid., 602). But for Elliott Smith (Evolution of Man, 1927, 

 74 et seq.) the skull, as reconstructed by him and his associates, 

 exhibits a number of primitive characters. 



The writer's opinion, after repeated study of the originals, is that 

 while the fragments show a few peculiarities, these are not of a 

 phylogenetically decisive nature, and seemingly could all be duplicated 

 in the skulls of still living races. 



Size. — The capacity of the skull has been estimated by the different 

 authors who attempted its reconstruction, as follows : 



Approxi- 

 mately 

 cc. 



Smith Woodward's original estimate 1,070 



Barlow's brain cast, first Smith Woodward reconstruction 1,200 



Second Smith Woodward reconstruction 1,300 



Elliot Smith 1,200 



Keith 1,400 



If the skull was that of a female, as is most probable, its mean 



(LBH) , , . , , 



approxmiate diameter- ■, after reduction for the extra thick- 

 ness of the specimen, would indicate an internal capacity of about 

 1,300 cc." 



Other measurements. — The several reconstructions of the skull 

 made possible approximate measurements, the most important of 

 which are given here : 



Woodward, A. S.2 Keith* 



cm. cm. 



Length max 19.0 19.4 



Breadth max 15.0 15.0 



Cranial index 7S-79 7^-79 



Height : 



Basion-bregma 13.0 



Basion-vertex 13. 



Auricular 



Glabella-inion line, vertex 9.0 



Glabella-iniou line, bregma 8.4 



Nearest approach of upper temporal line to median line. 3.6 

 Nearest approach of lower temporal line to median line. 4.6 



' See Relation of the size of the head and skull to capacity in the two sexes. 

 Amer. Journ. Phys. Anthrop., Vol. 8, pp. 249-250, 1925. 

 ^ Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, Vol. 69, p. 130, 1913. 

 ^Antiquity of Man, pp. 528 et seq., S7^-577, 589-591, 595, 600, 1925. 



