300 ON SOME FOSSIL REMAINS OF MAN 



" The earth which contained this human skull exhibited 

 no trace of disturbance : teeth of rhinoceros, horse, hyaena, 

 and bear, surrounded it on all sides. 



" The famous Blumenbach * has directed attention to the 

 differences presented by the form and the dimensions of 

 human crania of diilerent races. This important work 

 would have assisted us greatly, if the face, a part essential 



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Fio. 22. The skull from the cave of Engis viewed from the right side, 

 a glabella, b occipital protuberance, (a to b glabello-occipital line), 

 c auditory foramen. 



for the determination of race, with more or less accuracy, 

 had not been wanting in our fossil cranium. 



" We are convinced that even if the skull had been com- 

 plete, It would not have been possible to pronounce, with 

 certainty, upon a single specimen ; for individual varia- 

 tions are so numerous in the crania of one and the same 

 race, that one cannot, without laying oneself open to large 

 chances of error, draw any inference from a single fragment 



* Decas Collection!* sue craniorum diversarum gentium illustrate. 

 Gottingse, 1790-1820. 



