172 HUMAN FOSSILS III 



mm. inches. 



Circumference over the orbital ridges 



and the superior semicircular lines 



of the occipital 590 (590) = 23 '37" or 23". 



Width of the frontal from the middle 



of the temporal line on one side to 



the same point on the opposite . . 104 (114) = 4'1" 4*5". 

 Length of the frontal from the nasal 



process to the coronal suture. . 133 (125) = 5 "25" 5". 

 Extreme width of the frontal sinuses 25 (23) = I'O" 0'9". 

 Vertical height above a line joining 



the deepest notches in the squamous 



border of the parietals 70 =275". 



Width of hinder part of skull from 



one parietal protuberance to the 



other 138 (150) = 5 '4" 5 '9". 



Distance from the upper angle of the 



occipital to the superior semicir- 

 cular lines 51 (60) = 1 '9" 2'4". 



Thickness of the bone at the parietal 



protuberance 8. 



at the angle of the occipital 9. 



at the superior semicircular 



line of the occipital 10 =03". 



"Besides the cranium, the following bones have been so- 

 cured : 



"1. Both thigh-bones, perfect. These, like the skull, and all 

 the other bones, are characterized by their unusual thickness, 

 and the great development of all the elevations and depressions 

 for the attachment of muscles. In the Anatomical Museum at 

 Bonn, under the designation of 'Giant's -bones,' are some recent 

 thigh-bones, with which in thickness the foregoing pretty nearly 

 correspond, although they are shorter. 



Giant's bones. Fossil bones. 



mm. inches. mm. inches, 



Length 542 = 21 '4" ...438 = 17-4", 



Diameter of head of femur 54 = 2'H" . . 53 = 2'0" 



