184* HUMAN FOSSILS III 



The large supraciliary ridges give the forehead a 

 far more retreating appearance than its internal 

 cpntour would bear out. 



'''To an anatomical eye, the posterior part of the 

 skull is even more striking than the anterior. 

 The occipital protuberance occupies the extreme 

 posterior end of the skull, when the glabello- 

 occipital line is made horizontal, and so far from 

 any part of the occipital region extending beyond 

 it, this region of the skull slopes oblique]y upward 

 and forward, so that the lambdoidal suture is 

 situated well upon the upper surface of the 

 cranium. At the same time, notwithstanding the 

 great length of the skull, the sagittal suture is 

 remarkably short (4J inches), and the squamosal 

 suture is very straight. 



In reply to my questions Dr. Fuhlrott writes 

 that the occipital bone " is in a state of perfect 

 preservation as far as the upper semicircular line, 

 which is a very strong ridge, linear at its ex- 

 tremities, but enlarging towards the middle, where 

 it forms two ridges (bourrelets), united by a linear 

 continuation, which is slightly depressed in the 

 middle." 



"Below the left ridge the bone exhibits an 

 obliquely inclined surface, six lines (French) long, 

 and twelve lines wide/' 



This last must be the surface, the contour of 

 which is shown in Fig. 25 A, below &. It is 

 particularly interesting, as it suggests that, 



