2,'J2 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. S3 



fairly tall male (for a Neanderthaler), while No. 2 is that of a low- 

 staturecl woman. Many parts of both skeletons are absent or more or 

 less imperfect. The bones that remain resemble in essentials the 

 bones of the La Chapelle, Neanderthal, and Spy skeletons ; there are, 

 however, various differences, some of the parts such as the scapulae 

 being even a trace more primitive than the corresponding bones of 

 other Neanderthalers, while others show more advance towards recent 

 types. The main details follow : 



Humeri. — More slender in both skeletons than in Neanderthal, Spy, 

 and La Chapelle ; shafts less cylindrical. The male and especially the 

 female humeri show above the middle a noticeable lateral bend. The 

 male humeri are very perceptibly longer, the female markedly shorter 

 than those of other Neanderthalers. The ends are robust ; and all 

 the bones show good sized olecranon perforations. 



Radii — Pronounced curvature of whole shaft, especially in the 

 male ; cup large, shallow ; extremities relatively stout. 



Ulnae. — Shape of shaft much more prismatic in both skeletons than 

 in the Neanderthaler ; flattening of upper part of shaft less marked, 

 especially in the female, than in La Chapelle and Spy ; olecranon 

 stout. 



Clavicles. — Male only. Relatively very long but not massive — over 

 54% of the length of the humerus (highest modern about 52%). 



Scapulae. — A portion of the right scapula of the male shows on 

 its dorsal surface a strong oblique ridge running from the base of the 

 glenoid in the direction of the inferior angle ; this is a primitive 

 feature rarely approached in modern bones. 



Ribs. — Male ; less stout and more flat than those of La Chapelle, 

 nearer to modern forms. 



Hands. — Not yet reported in detail. Left hand of male nearly 

 complete. Relative length of thumb in both skeletons nearer to 

 modern than in La Chapelle. Fingers short, in both individuals. 



Femora. — Bones robust, ends stout ; anterior curvature of whole 

 shaft, as in other Neanderthalers, somewhat less marked in the male, 

 pronounced in the female ; linea aspera better developed than in La 

 Chapelle in the male, less so in the female ; subtrochanteric flattening 

 moderate, about as in the Spy femora. 



The neck in the male bones is about as long as it is in modern 

 femora; in the female it is very short (as in the La Combe Aurig- 

 nacian skeleton). The digital fossa, preserved in the female, is large 

 and deep. The lower part of the shaft is somewhat more cylindrical 



