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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 83 



SPY SKULLS: OBSERVATIONS ON THE ORIGINALS 

 J. Fraipont — Continued 



Spy No. I 



Spy No. 2 



Lower jaw: 

 Body . . . . 



Lower border. 

 Teeth: 



Clavicles 



Scapulae (fragments 



Humeri 



Radii 



Ulnae 



Femora 



Tibiae . 



Calcaneus. 



Fibula, astragalus, 



patella and other 



parts 



Sex 



Race. 



Very robust, very high 



No chin 



A surface, especially anter- 

 iorly, not a border 

 As in modern inferior groups, 

 incisors small, canines mod- 

 erate 

 Molars: Mi, 5 cusps 



M2, 4 cusps 



M3, 4 cusps 



Nothing peculiar 



Strong, short 



Slender 



Marked curvature 



Robust 



Voluminous extremities 

 (lower condyles enormous), 

 shaft almost cylindrical, for- 

 ward curvature accentuated, 

 linea aspera nearly absent, 

 lower articular surfaces ex- 

 tend less forward and more 

 backward than in modern 

 bones 



Short, stout. 



Shaft less prismatic than in 

 modern bones, borders dull. 

 Extremities, especially the 

 lower, relatively voluminous. 

 Head so inclined backwards 

 that articular facets face up- 

 ward and backward. 

 (Judges that limbs were not 

 held straight, but somewhat 

 bent forward at the middle) 



Short, robust 



Prominence of heel short . . . 

 Nothing particular 



Female (identified as male by 

 Hamy, Schaaffhausen, 

 Topinard, Virchow) 

 Feels justified in concluding 

 that they belong to the same 

 race — the Neanderthal 



Even stouter 



As in modern inferior 

 groups, incisors small, 

 canines moderate 

 Molars: Mi, 5 cusps 

 M2, 4 cusps 

 M3, 4 cusps 



Nothing peculiar 

 Stronger than in i 

 Slender 



Marked curvature 

 Even stronger 

 The same; resembles 

 strikingly the Neander- 

 thal femur 



Short, robust 

 Prominence of heel short 

 Nothing particular 



Male (very plainly) 



' Les Honimes de Spy. C. R. Cong, intern. Anthrop. et Archeol. Prehist., 28 pp , Paris, 1891. 



