WHOLE VOL. SKELETAL REMAINS OF EARLY MAN HRDLICKA 3OI 



of the skull. The work is able and leaves little to be said by other 

 observers. The main conclusions are given in the table below. 



The skull in all its features fits among the Neanderthalers ; those 

 aspects of it that appear more recent are to be ascribed to the youth 

 of the individual. Although it has been suggested that the skeleton 

 may be Acheulian, there is morphologically no indication of anything 

 older than Neanderthal. 



A sagittal outline of the Le Moustier skull, contrasted with similar 

 outlines of seven of the Neanderthalers, shows it to possess a lesser 

 supraorbital torus (juvenile), a better arched forehead, a better 

 marked vertex, and a somewhat shorter occiput (pi. 79) ; but the 

 differences are of very moderate degree and not such as would tend 

 to displace the specimen from the group. A comparison of the outline 

 of the norma superior of the skull with those of Neanderthal and 

 La Chapelle shows similar conditions. 



MAIN MEASUREMENTS ON THE LE MOUSTIER SKULL AS 

 FINALLY RECONSTRUCTED 



(After Hans Weinert) 



The Skullcap: cm- 

 Greatest length from glabella 19.6 



Greatest breadth 1 5.0 



Cranial index 76.5.? 



Height, basion-bregma 12.85 



Height-breadth index 85.7 



Mean height index (Hrdlicka) 74.3 



Estimated capacity 1,564 cc. 



Diam. frontal niin 10.9 



Diam. frontal max. near 12.0 



Calotte-height (above G-I line) 9.0 



Calotte-height index 47.3 



Endocranial length max 17.6 



[Greatest endocranial breadth, near 13-5] 



Face: 



Height, total, estimated 12.4 



Height, upper 8.0 



Diam. bizygomatic 14.5-15.0 



Facial index, total, approx S3.3-S2J 



Facial index, upper 55.S-60.0 



Basion-alveolar point diam 12.5 



Basion-nasion diam 12.4 



[Facial angle 71°] 



Maximum diam. of supraorb. arch 12.1 



Orbits: 



Height 4-2 



Breadtli Uncertain 



