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alveolar region is much less oblique than in the Old Man. The depression at the root of the nose also is 

 much less, though very noticeable ; the distance between the cheek-bones is not so great ; the orbits are 

 shorter and narrower, giving a much higher Orbital Index, though still much lower than that of the 

 European races. We may add that all the contours are softer, and that the muscular imprints are less 

 strongly marked. These differences are considerable: some of them may certainly be attributed to 

 difference of sex ; but how far do the others depend on this cause ? This will remain doubtful as long us 

 there is only one of each sex for comparison ; and we still have to ask if the characters, so remarkable, of 

 the Old Man's face belonged to all the individuals of his race and his sex, or if, by accident, the first 

 man's skull taken from the Caves of Perigord happens to be that of an individual more or less exceptional, 

 presenting an exaggeration of the characters of his race. However this may be, even when we abstract the 

 influence of sex, and only admit as characters of the Cro-Magnon race those which are common to the two 

 skulls "No. 1" and "No. 2," there still remains an ensemble of features sufficient to distinguish this race 

 from all existing races, and especially from that other Quaternary race, remains of which have been found 

 in the Caves of Belgium. 



