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THE VARIETIES OF THE HUMAN SPECIES. 



3. Sphenoides latiis (Fig. 10). This is much wider in its biparie- 

 tal expansion and is short. It has the occipital smooth and per- 



FiG. 1 1.— Sphenoides Latus. 



pendicular, the parietal prominences acute, the corners evident 

 and the sides flat; observed laterally, this type appears cuboid 

 (Fig. II). 



Fig. 12.— Sphenoides Megas. 



This is the characteristic type of the Kourgans of Russia, and 

 for that reason I have called it kurg-anicus. 



