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most satisfactory reconstruction of the skull by Dr. Hans Weinert. 

 Dr. Weinert also made a thorough study of the skull, including its 

 measurements.* 



By this time it was well seen that the Le Moustier skeleton, while 

 representing a much more human-like subject than that of the first 

 reconstruction, and though not adult, was nevertheless a document 



Fig. 31. — The left femur of the Le Moustier youth. (After Klaatsch.) 



of human antiquity of much value and importance. Since 1925, the 

 skeleton has lain, in as nearly the original position and environment 

 as it was possible to produce, in a large glass case in the building 

 adjoining the Museum fiir Volkerkunde, while nearby is a similar 

 case containing the originals of the nearly as important Aurignacian 

 skeleton of Combe Capelle, found also by Herr Hauser. 



THE SKULL 



Dr. Weinert (1925) in his report on the remains restricts himself 

 essentially to a detailed description, with very complete measurements, 



' Der Schadel des eiszeitlichen Menschen von Le Moustier, in neuer Zusam- 

 mensetzung, 54 pp., 38 illustrations, Berlin, 1925. 



