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The temporal bones, judging from that on the right side, most of 

 which is present, were remarkably small. The lines of attachment 

 of the temporal muscles and fascia were about as in modern skulls. 

 The mastoid was decidedly smaller than it is in modern crania. The 

 external auditory meatus is also of very moderate size. The vault 

 viewed from above is ovoid in shape. The cranial bones, particularly 

 the frontal and the parietals, are rather thick, the occipital being per- 

 ceptibly thinner and nearer in this respect to modern skulls. The 



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Fig. 16. — Profile drawing of the brain cast of the Gibraltar skull. It represents 

 the smallest known brain of the extinct Neanderthal race. (After Keith.) 



base, though largely damaged or missing, shows a number of points 

 of special interest. 



The broad dental arch is nearly horseshoe-shaped (elliptical with 

 broad front). The palate was of medium height, with a mild median 

 bilateral torus. The teeth form a regular arch and are close in appo- 

 sition, without either crowding or diastemae. The canines, in their 

 roots and lower portion of the crown, were very much like and no 

 larger than the anterior premolars. All the front teeth are stouter 

 linguo-labially than they are in modern skulls. The glenoid fossa is of 



