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glabella, nasal prominence, and broad nasal bones, slightly narrowed 

 in the middle, Debets classified the Fatma-Koba skeleton as belonging 

 to the Europeoid racial group. The proportions of the extremities 

 also approached those of the contemporary Europeoid, with the ex- 

 ception of the somewhat greater length of the tibia. 



Only a moderate degree of general, but not alveolar, mesognathism 

 dififerentiates the Fatma-Koba skull from the Europeoid type. Ac- 

 cording to Debets, the possession of this Negroid characteristic places 

 this skull in the category of secondary Europeoids with slight Negroid 

 affinities. 



Debets adds that such tendencies are present in the Grimaldi 

 crania, Combe-Capelle, skull No. 4 from Predmost, skulls from the 

 Portuguese kitchen middens of Mugem and Cabeco da Arruda, the 

 child's skull from Geniere grotto in the Rhone Valley, the Moniat 

 skull from Belgium, Ostorf Island (Jutland) crania described by 

 Schlitz ; ^^ Chamblande's skulls from Switzerland, Silesian crania 

 described by Reche, crania from Conguel described by Herve, 

 Verneau's ''^ two crania from Caverno del Sanguinetto in northern 

 Italy, and some modern Italian crania. 



These traits, according to Debets, are the vestiges of an ancient 

 stage of development common to all Eurafrican races. 



^^ Schlitz, A., Die Steinzeitlichen Schadel des grossherzoglichen Museums 

 Schwerin. Arch. Anthrop., vol. 7, pts. 2-3, 1908. 

 '■^ Verneau, R., Les grottes de Grimaldi, vol. 2, pt. i. Monaco, 1906. 



