MAN FROM THE) PARTHESY PAST 
vidual, and that presumably through some violence. The 
whole recalls forcibly the ceremonial knocking out of 
these incisors (and sometimes also other teeth) in the 
Negro, Australian, and other primitive peoples. 
Another facial peculiarity of the skull is its low and 
sloping forehead, the ensemble presenting a picture of 
phylogenetic inferiority which, taking into consideration 
that this is unquestionably the skull of a female, is not 
quite equaled by any other specimens of Neanderthal 
origin thus far discovered, though it is true that the facial 
features are preserved in only a few of the specimens be- 
longing to this great period. 
The vau!t of the skull is especially noteworthy on ac- 
count of its lowness and a peculiar formation of the occl- 
put that gives the impression of breadth with submedium 
height. Much the same characteristic is found also in 
other Neanderthal skulls. 
Endocranially, the skull shows a number of interesting 
features. There is throughout a marked paucity of im- 
pressions of brain convolutions and also of those of the 
blood vessels. Even the sinuses have left but shallow 
grooves. The brain itself was not particularly small for 
a female skull; and it was of an already rather advanced 
human type. 
There are other details and dimensions about the speci- 
men which are of more or less interest to the anthropolo- 
gist, but which need not be dealt with in this account. 
It will suffice to say that both the visual and the instru- 
mental examination of the specimen lead to the conclu- 
sion that the Gibraltar skull represents highly valuable 
remains of an early human being and that its principal 
characteristics justify its classification with Homo neander- 
thalensts. 
The cephalic index is approximately 77 as measured 
by Hrdlicka, 80 according to Sollas; the cranial capacity 
1,200 c.c. according to the estimate of Keith, 1,250 to 
1,260 c.c. according to Sollas. 
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