IN SUMATRA. 2G1 



APPENDIX TO PART III. 



I.— ON THE OSTEOLOGICAL CIIAEACTEES OF THE 



KUBUS OF SUMATRA. 



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By J, G. Garson, M.D., T.Z.S., Memb. Anthrop. Inst.; Koyal Col. Surg. 

 Eng. ; Lecturer on Comparative Anatomy, Charing Cross Hospital. 



The osteological remains of the Ivubus of Sumatra, placed in my hands for 

 examination by 'Six. H. 0. Forbes, consisted of the skeleton ofa^emalcand 

 a single skull, also tliat of a female, which are now in the possession of the 

 J3ritish Museum. Both specimens were those of adults of middle age. 



The height of seven males (measured by ^Ir. Forbes) averaged 15G9mm., 

 or almost exactly the same as that of adult Englishwomen (1592 mm.), 

 while the average height of the five females was 1493 mm. ; the diiference 

 between the stature of the male and female Kubus is therefore 103 mm. 

 The height of the skeleton placed in my hands, estimated from the length 

 of the femur, is 1450 mm., which, allowing for the soft parts existing in 

 the living body, Avould indicate the stature of this individual to be about 

 the average of the females measured by Mr. Forbes, 



Characters of the Skull. 



Cranium. — The appearance presented by the drawings taken from 

 life by Mr. Forbes sliows that the skull is of moderate length, somewhat 

 narrow transversely in the region of the forehead, antl flat in the glalxilla 

 and superciliary regions: the malars are prominent, the nose l>ecomes 

 gradually elevaTed towards the tip, its contour following a Avide arc; the 

 chin is narrow but not pointed ; the lips arc thick and prominent, and 



the hair is straight with a tendency to curl. 



Turning to the skulls we are at once struck by the strong resemblance 

 they bear to one another in pcneral appcnrance, the only difference 

 observable being that that belonging to the skeleton issomewl)at larger 

 generally than the other. This resemblance Lx^tween the two skulls is 

 confirmed by an examination of the principal measurements, which aro 

 given in the annexed table. The maximum length of tlic one is 171 mm., 

 and of the other 173 mm., while their maximum breadth is 135 mm. and 

 . 136 mm. respectively. Tiiese measurements give a cephalic index to tlic 

 one of 776, and to the other of 78-6, which places thorn in the mcpatc- 

 cephalic gi'oup of Flower, and of the Frankfurter Verstendiiing. 



The altitudinal index (the ratio of the basio-bregmatic height to the 

 maximum length) diifers somewhat in the the two skulls, that belong- 

 ing to the skeleton l>eing considerably higher than the other; but, in 

 neither instance docs the height exceed the brca^lth. 



The general form of the cranium, as seen in the norma vertkalU, ig 



