4 ME^IOmS OF THE QVEENSLAXD MUSEUM. 



bone forms a fronto-sqiiamoiis articulation. Maximum length 160, maximum 

 breadth 128 ; basi-bregmatic height 129. The cranium is probably that of a 

 female. 



G. G. MacCurdy has stated that the Papuans are noted for the relatively 

 large number of irregiUarities in the ])terionic region.^' This is fully borne out 

 by our Papuan crania. In our series no instance has been found of such antero- 

 posterior parietal sutures as those figured by Ilrdlicka in his elaborate study of 

 the parietal bone." 



An incomplete cranium (Q.E. 14/561) found at Wynnuin, Queensland, 

 is of interest because it represents the longest specimen in the collection. This 

 is badlj- damaged in the region of the foramen magnum, and the basilar j)ortion 

 is missing together with most of the bones below the orbital plates of the frontal. 

 The maximum length is 202 mm., which is identical with No. 2101 in Duck- 

 worth's list.'* The ophryo-occipital length is 200 nun. The supraciliary ridges 

 are not so pronounced as in many of our crania, but there is an unusually large 

 torus occipitalis transversus, and the thickness of the cranial wall at this part, 

 as ascertained by sliding callipers, is no less than 15 mm. The maximum breadth 

 (parietal) of the cranium is 140 mm., and as the basi-bregmatic height nuist 

 have been at least 130 mm. (calculated from the position of the jugular pro- 

 cesses), it has dimen.sions which are considerably above the average. The 

 cranium is evidently that of an aged male. 



A mandible from an unknown locality has on each side a deep alveolus 

 for the acconunodation of a fourth molar. (Plate V, figs. 1 and 2.) Klaatsch 

 considers the presence of this molar, "even if all other jjroofs are cast aside, as 

 constituting an extraordinarily primitive type of mankind." This mandible is 

 remarkably robust, and in profile it greatly resembles the one figured by Keith 

 for divergent comparison with the Heidelberg jaw." The ramus is almost at 

 right angles with the body, and its width in line with the molar series is no less 

 than 40 mm. The siginoitl notch is very shallow, especially on the right side. 

 The anterior surface of the mandible forms a right angle with the alveolar 

 boi'der. The dental arcade is almcst rectangular, and the incisors and canines 

 ai'c practically in the one straight line. The distance between the second 

 premolars is 30 mm., and this only increases to 3!) n\m. opposite the third molars. 

 The combined length of the premolars and molars is 50 mm. on the left and 

 51 mm. on the right, this being well witliin the range of Duckworth's figures 

 (loc. cit.). The right ciinine and left inner incisor have l)een lost post mortem. 



Duckwoi'th states that accessory molar teeth occur in nearly 50 per cent. 

 of male orang-utans. 



' MivcCurdy, Univ. Penn. Antli. Pub., xi, No.l, 1914, p. 6. 

 ' Hicllicka, Hull. Aincr. Muh, Nat. Hist., xix, 1903, p. 231. 

 « Ducikwortli, Studies from tlio Antli. Lab., Cuinb., 1904, p. 122. 

 • The Antif|uity of Man, 191.5, fig. 84, p. 240. 



