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HOLE VOL. SKELETAL REMAINS OF EARLY MAN HRDLICKA 185 



SPY SKULLS: OBSERVATIONS ON THE ORIGINALS 

 J. Fraiponti 



Outlines from above 



and side 



Frontal bone 



Supraorbital arches. 



Glabella 



Depression above 

 supraorbital arches 

 Temporal fossae . . . . 

 Parietals 



Temporal lines 



Temporal bones. . . . 



Zygomae 



Occipital 



Spy No. I 



Much like those of the 

 Neanderthal skull 

 Shortest and lowest known 



Poorly developed in length 

 as well as breadth 

 As in Neanderthal, but 

 slightly less thick 



Slightly depressed 



Very marked 



Spy No. 2 



External occipital 

 protuberance 



Internal occipital 

 protuberance and 

 groo\es of sinuses. 

 Brain: 



Anterior lobes .... 

 Middle lobes 

 Posterior cerel)ral 

 lobes 

 Cerebellar fossae .... 



Upper jaw 



Malars 



Anterior part much depressed 

 Relatively better developed 

 than the frontal 

 Flattened in posterior half. . 



Not near sagittal suture. . . . 

 Low squama, low arched . . 



Robust petrous parts 



Very strong, differ in form 

 from modern 



Strongly protruding, just as 

 as in Neanderthal 

 Inferiorly squama very slop- 

 ing and flattened 

 Indications of transverse 

 occipital crest 

 Depression 



Lower and more forward 

 than in modern skulls 



Poorly developed . 



Well developed, as in modern 



dolichocephals 



Less deep and extending less 



posteriorly than in modern 



skulls 



Stout and high alveolar 



process 



Low nasal process 



Strong, lower border, stout 



Somewhat broader and 

 more vaulted 

 Less low and sloping; 

 surpasses the mean Nean- 

 derthal form and size 

 Somewhat better 



Approach that of 

 Neanderthal 

 No depression 

 Less marked 



Relatively better de- 

 veloped than the frontal 

 Flattened in posterior 

 half 



Not near sagittal suture 

 Low squama, low arched 

 Robust petrous parts 



Less so 



Inferiorly squama very 

 sloping and flattened 

 Indications of transverse 

 occipital crest 

 None 



Lower and more forward 

 than in modern skulls 



Somewhat better 



Well developed, as in 

 modern dolichocephals 

 Less deep and extending 

 less posteriorly than in 

 modern skulls 

 Even stouter than No. i 



