MAN FROM THE FARTHEST PAST 
of the Piltdown fragments, and the task of reconstruction offered the 
same difficulties. Only on one piece—the occipital fragment—could 
any certain sign of the middle line of the skull be detected. 
How near a true reconstruction of the original form can be obtained 
PGs: 
Fragments of skull used in Sir 
Arthur Keith’s test; cut from the cranium of 
an ancient Egyptian woman. After Keith 
OCCIPITAL 
FRAGMENT 
by the use of such a meth- 
od is apparent in [Fig. 12]. 
As regards the width and 
height, the reconstruction 
was in close agreement 
with the original skull from 
which the fragments given 
to me had been cut. The 
general form was rightly 
reproduced. There were 
certain minor errors which 
could have been elimi- 
nated had there been suf- 
ficient time at my disposal. 
It is obvious in [Fig. 12] 
that the right parietal 
fragment is placed too low, 
and that the occipital bone is too high. But as regards general outline 
and chief diameters the result of this experiment was reassuring. 
The actual reconstruction of the experimental skull occupied me 
Fic. 
RECONSTRUCTION 
12. 
CAST OF ORIGINAL 
Skull of ancient Egyptian woman as reconstructed by Sir 
Arthur Keith, and cast of the original 
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