EUG. DUBOIS: 
„On the Cranial Form of Homo Neandertalensis and of 
Pithecanthropus erectus, Determined by Mechanical Factors.” 
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_ HOMO RHODESIENSIS 
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Fig. 5. Norma sagittalis (mediana) and lateralis of Homo rhodesiensis, at 
°/s of nat. size, and Australian N°. 792 Anat. Coll. Sydney Univ, placed at 
the nasion-basion line, which is made of equal length. The Australian is, 
accordingly, proportionately somewhat too large. 
Some measures (in mm.) of the Australian skull of Fig. 5 are: Glabella. 
inion line and maximum cranial length 203. Maximum breadth 132. Breadth 
index 65. Minimum frontal breadth 90. Basion-bregmatic height 133. Nasion- 
basion line 105. Prosthion-basion line 100. Basion-inion line 99. Nasion- 
prosthion line 70. Index of calvarial height 48.2. Bregma-glabella-inion angle 
51°. Lambda-inion-glabella angle 73°. Opisthion-inion-glabella angle 33°. Nasion- 
basion-prosthion angle 38°. Cranial capacity 1211 cm’. 
Proceedings Royal Acad. Amsterdam. Vol. XXIV. 
