WHOLE VOL. SKELETAL REMAINS OF EARLY MAN HRDLICKA 2/1 



In form the skull of La Ferrassie No. i resembles in many respects 

 that of La Chapelle, but it also differs from the latter in some points, 

 including a somewhat less primitive face. The vault is large and 

 spacious, and in all important respects much like that of the La Cha- 

 pelle cranium. The supraorbital arch, the forehead, the low vault, the 

 occiput, the far-back location of the parietal fossae, are all close to 

 those of the La Chapelle. The mastoids are of only moderate size. 

 The basal parts of the temix»ral bone are badly damaged in No. i, Init 

 in No. 2 show characteristics like those in the Spy and Krapina skulls. 



The face presents, below the heavy arches, similarly inclined orbits 

 as in La Chapelle, similar relatively small and sloping malars with 

 broad frontal processes and stout zygomae, and similar fullness of 

 the suborbital (canine) surface. The nose is broad. The facial prog- 

 nathism is not excessive. The dental arch is large, the palate ap- 

 proaches U-shape. The teeth, all present, are stout ; the crowns are 

 worn, especially anteriorly where the pulp cavities are exposed. 



The lower jaw, although large, is distinctly nearer to the modern 

 type than are the other Neanderthal jaws with the exception of Spy 

 No. I. It shows clearly the beginning of a chin. The jaw is neither 

 very high nor very thick, measuring 3.3 cm. in height at the vertical 

 passing through the mental foramen, and 1.5 cm. in thickness at the 

 same section. The mandibular angle is 109°. The ramus is broad ; the 

 region of the angle is still rather primitive, approaching, though not 

 equalling, the form observed in the La Chapelle jaw ; but the sigmoid 

 notch is well developed, as in modern man. The condyle is stout and 

 of the same dimensions as in La Chapelle. There is still a marked 

 space between the last molars and the anterior border of the ramus 

 on each side, as in other early jaws. The form of the lower dental 

 arch of La Ferrassie No. i approaches that of the upper arch. When 

 the jaws were closed the upper and lower incisors met exactly. 



The intracranial cast of the male skull from La Ferrassie is reported 

 by M. Boule to be " at least as large as that of the specimen of La 

 Chapelle-aux-Saints." ' 



THE SKELETAL PARTS 



There is no complete description of the bones of the La Ferrassie 

 skeletons, but numerous notes and data on the parts are scattered 

 through Professor Boule's Memoir on the La Chapelle skeleton, 

 with some additional notes in his book on " Fossil Men." The two 

 skeletons show marked sexual differences. No. i being that of a 



* Fossil Men, p. 473, 1923. 



