the brain size of both fossil man and the living races does not stand up to 

 the cold light of scientific scrutiny. 



The cranial capacity as a measure of brain size 



When we deal with fossils and recent dried skulls we are not able to 

 determine the size of the brain but only that of the braincase, or calvaria. 



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Figure 2: Interior of the base of the cranium of Australopithecus africanus 

 from Sterkfontein (Sts 5). It is possible to make an artificial endocast 

 of plaster of Paris or other medium, where the cranium has not become 

 filled with matrix. 



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