MAN FROM THE FARTHEST PAST 
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Fic. 26. Piltdown (A), La Chapelle-aux- 
Saints (B), and modern (C) skulls con- 
trasted. In some ways Piltdown man 
seems nearer the modern type than Nean- 
derthal man (B). After Smith Woodward 
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nected arch; there were 
no occipital or other 
crests; the glenoid fossa 
and the mastoids were 
well developed. 
In short this skull, 
though it may have shown 
some secondary inferiori- 
ties, if it were not for 
the exceedingly primitive 
lower jaw and canine 
tooth found near it, would 
inevitably have had to be 
classed with those of 
modern man. 
It is the lower jaw, to- 
gether with the subse- 
quently found canine, 
that has become the great 
“bone of contention” in 
the case. The reason is 
that, as tersely stated by 
Smith Woodward, “‘while 
the Piltdown skull is thus 
completely human, the 
half of the lower jaw, so 
far as preserved, is almost 
precisely that of an ape.”’ 
And in another place the 
same authority expresses 
the uncertainty thus 
caused: 
It may next be questioned 
whether this apelike mandible 
belongs to the skull. We can 
only state that its molar teeth 
are typically human, its mus- 
