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5479. The skull of a male Greenlander. 



The cranium presents the elongated form, with the sides sloping from a median sagittal 

 eminence. The parietal protuberances are feebly developed. The glabella is not very pro- 

 minent, scarcely produced above the root of the nose : the superorbital ridge is thin and well 

 defined. The nasals are prominent : the upper jaw is produced, but the chief characteristic 

 of the skull is presented by the large and prominent cheek-bones, the lower border of which 

 terminates a plane extending from the ectorbital process downwards, outwards and forwards. 

 The zygomata are long and strong. The lower jaw is large, with a well-marked chin. The 

 paroccipital ridges are well developed. 



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5480. The skull of a male Greenlander. 



In this the forehead is rather more elevated than in the preceding, and the median eleva- 

 tion and lateral slopes of the cranium are less marked, but the characteristics of the facial 

 bones are closely repeated. 



Purchased. 



5481. The anterior moiety of a vertically and transversely bisected cranium of a male 

 Greenlander. 



The median elevation and lateral slope of the long and narrow cranium are well marked. 

 The malar portions of the maxillaries form a broad, vertical, almost flat wall of bone as they 

 extend outwards to join the very large and prominent malars. The alveolar border of the 

 upper jaw describes almost a true semicircle. 



Purchased. 



5482. The cranium of a male Greenlander. 



The compressed character of the elongated brain-case is somewhat exaggerated in this 

 specimen. 



Purchased. 



5483. A mutilated and weather-worn cranium of a male Greenlander. 



This shows well the characteristic slope of the sides of the long and narrow cranium from 

 the median eminence. 



Presented by Alex. Fisher, Esq., Surgeon, E.N. 



The foregoing skulls of the Greenlanders manifest in an eminent degree the characteristics ascribed 

 by Blumenbach to his Mongolian family of Mankind ; the transition from the North American type 

 being made by the Esquimaux. 



