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Measurevients of the Lagoa Santa skulls by Soren Hansen — Continued 



At the end of his article, Hansen gives the following r6sum6, in 

 French, of the conclusions at which he arrived : 



" The collection of fossil bones conserved at the Zoological Museum 

 of the University "of Copenhagen comprised 15 more or less complete 

 skulls and a very considerable quantity of large and small fragments 

 of crania, besides nearly 30 lower jaws, almost all broken, which give 

 us the approximate number of individuals; in addition, there are 

 numerous long bones, entire or broken, vertebras, bones of the pelvis, 

 bones of the hands and feet, etc. All these bones are calcareous and 

 more or less incrusted by ferruginous agglomerations. Their color 

 is quite variable and presents all the shades from yellow to dark- 

 brown and passing into red, altogether as in the animal bones from 

 the same caves. 



"All stages of life are represented with the exception of the young- 

 est infants. The teeth are often much worn, but rarely diseased. 

 The wear of the incisors is in some cases so considerable that the roots 

 are involved, in which case their surface presents a form elongated 

 in the sagittal direction. Beyond this, it appears that the population 

 from which these skeletal remains proceed was strong and enjoyed 

 very robust health, nearly all pathologic alteration being absent, 

 in the same way as traces of wounds or any kind of mutilations. . . . 

 21535°— Bull. 52—12 12 



