NEANDERTHAL MAN 
further investigation of the deposits and discovered on 
August 23, Ig15, a unique skull of a Neanderthal child 
about eight years of age. It belongs to the later Mous- 
terian period, and, though approaching the Neanderthal 
features with relatively low skullcap and with supra- 
Matt TS heey 
te, 
La Quina 
Neanderthal, DY. Digi sscccu soca 
la Chapelle ~.—.-.—- Oye, te 
Pithécanthrope -+-+-¢-4. Arabe mod *++++ 
Fic. 21. Outline of five Neanderthal skulls compared with Pithecanthropus, or 
Java man, and a modern Arab. Note close grouping in intermediate position 
of Neanderthalers. After Henri Martin 
orbital ridges already well marked in spite of the owner’s 
youth, there is a good cranial capacity. The lower Jaw 
is missing. 
Doctor Martin is one of the most persevering as well 
as able workers in French prehistory. His summer 
chateau is near La Quina; and for over twenty years, 
except during the war, he has spent most of his spare 
time in the exploration of the deposits and in the cleaning, 
repair, and study of both the cultural and the skeletal 
remains recovered. Of the cultural and faunal remains 
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