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The medial superior surface of the mesial condyle, which is gener- 

 ally fuller to convex in modern femora, is concave in both of the 

 Neanderthal bones (especially in the right) ; the outlines of the fossae 

 of the condyles differ somewhat from those in modern femora. The 

 anterior surface of the lower portion of the shaft, slightly over 3 cm. 

 above the middle of the border of the articular surface, shows plainly 

 on each side, but especially well marked on the left side, a patellar 

 fossa close to 12 mm. in length but .somewhat less in breadth; 

 such fossae are very rare in recent femora. 



CONCLUDING REMARKS ON PARTS OF THE SKELETON 

 OTHER THAN THE SKULL 



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The long and other bones of the Neanderthal skeleton, as far as 

 [ireserved, show many features of anthropological difference from 

 and inferiority to the corresponding parts of recent man, indicating 

 plainly that not merely the skull, but the whole body of the Neander- 

 thal man occupied a lower evolutionary stage than that of any normal 

 human being of historic times. 



The bones in general indicate a powerful musculature, and broad 

 and strong chest, combined with a somewhat submedium stature. 



ADDITIONAL LITERATURE 



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London, 1865. 

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kleineren Feldhofer Grotte im Neanderthal, in vvelcher (Sommer 1856) 



fossile Reste eines menschlichen Skeletts, der sog. Homo Neandcrthalensis 



aufgefunden wurde. Verhandl. d. naturh. Ver. d. preuss. Rheinl. u. West- 



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