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moderate. The digital fossa, the posterior slope of the neck, the 

 trochanter minor, are all in size and situation close to some at least 

 of those in modern femora of similar proportions ; though the digital 

 fossa is somewhat more spacious than in most modern femora. The 

 set of large vascular foramina anterior to the intertrochanteric ridge 

 is much the same, even to some details, as in modern man. 



The female bone also resembles closely that of a modern female 

 of similar size, but there are a few differences. The mesial part of 

 the upper portion of the great trochanter in the Krapina bone shows 

 a distinct and large semilunar surface for the attachment of the 

 obturator. The digital fossa is somewhat more spacious, though not 

 deeper, than in modern bones. The basal part of the posterior surface 

 of the neck including the intertrochanteric line is widely and fairly 

 deeply concave, which is less marked in the preceding male Krapina 

 femur, and still less in modern bones. There is again a marked and 

 long ridge in place of the third trochanter, which reaches in this bone 

 about 3 cm. below the level of the trochanter minor, where it unites 

 with the less marked pectineal ridge proceeding from the latter. The 

 anterior surface of this bone is remarkably flat, the subtrochanteric 

 flattening distinct though not excessive (diam. max., 3.0; diam. min. 

 2.1 cm.; Index yo.o). The walls of the bone again are stout (ante- 

 riorly and posteriorly), the medullary canal small. 



The tibiae. — Present, only small fragments of the shaft, with two 

 of the lower extremity ; these show dull borders, perhaps a slightly 

 greater arching forward than in modern bones, with lower articular 

 facet much like that of the Spy tibiae and correspondingly differing 

 from that of present man. 



The fibulae. — Present, pieces of eight right and six left bones, 

 without upper ends and only one with the lower extremity. The best 

 piece shows evidently a female right bone, of about medium female 

 strength and of fair length. The shaft, flattened, shows five distinct 

 borders and surfaces, without any fluting except in the upper third 

 of the external surface. The shape and other characteristics of the 

 bone can be duplicated in modern female fibulae. 



The patellae. — Present, 15 specimens of different ages. In size and 

 shape much like those of man of today. 



Measurements given by Professor Gorjanovic-Kramberger : 



Length 42.3 — ^444 mm- 



Breadth 46.6 — 49.0 mm. 



Thickness 23.2 — 24.0 mm. 



