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form ; but its mastoid process, projecting a little outward, is but little inferior in 

 strength and length to that of the " Old Man " of Cro-Magnon ; only the posterior 

 root of the zygoma is separated from it by a shallower and less distinct depres- 

 sion. This root is itself almost obliterated, especially above the auditory fora- 

 men, where it is scarcely apparent. Finally, what is seen of the zygoma stands 

 out prominently. 



The occipital, of which only the squamous portion remains nearly intact, shows 

 at its superior angle no anomaly of ossification. But it affects a curve similar to 

 that of " No. 1" from Cro-Magnon, and nearly of the same length superior occi- 

 pital curve 68 millinis. (2'68 inches), inferior 56 millims. (2-2 inches). Its width 

 is a little greater than that of the cranium which serves as a term of comparison ; 

 and it bears on its surface a remarkable grouping of muscular lines, such as is seen 

 in C. Plate II. fig. 2. It has no distinct occipital protuberance. 



Cranium "No. 2 " from Laugerie Basse. The female cranium numbered " 2 " 

 in the Massenat Collection consists of a cranial arch comprising the frontal and 

 parietals nearly complete and the almost entire squamous portion of the occipital. 

 It closely resembles the cranium of the same sex found at Cro-Magnon, from 

 which it differs a little by its somewhat smaller dimensions. An exact account 

 of the extent of this reduction will be obtained by comparing the numbers which 

 we have arranged in the Table accompanying this Memoir. 



There is nothing remarkable in its morphology which we have not already 

 indicated in the preceding descriptions; only those ethnic characters manifest 

 themselves with the attenuations proper to the sex, attenuations which are gene- 

 rally the more considerable the nearer the race is to the savage state. 



Above the scarcely visible superciliary arcs the forehead rises vertically as far 

 as the level of the well-marked lateral protuberances, as often happens in the 

 female. The middle frontal protuberance is continued by a sort of rudimentary 

 vaulting, prolonged to the vicinity of the sagittal suture. The parietal protube- 

 rances are less salient and less dilated than in the male crania. The posterior 

 and inferior flattening is but little visible, the occipital presenting only a slight 

 rising behind. The occipital protuberance is but little marked; the curves are 

 gentle ; and the cerebellar plane is directed, as in the male crania, very obliquely 

 forward. 



Cranium "No. 3" from Laugerie Basse. By the side of the Norma verticalis 

 of the female cranium just described we have drawn (p. 264), in geometrical pro- 



