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FACTS AND FANCIES 



and Mentone skulls at the time when this was 

 written, he might well have said immeasurably 

 distant from the time of the Elephas primige- 

 nius. Professor Broca, who seems by no means 

 disinclined to favor a simian origin for men, 

 has the following general conclusions, which 

 refer to the Cro-magnon skulls : "The great vol- 

 ume of the brain, the development of the fron- 

 tal region, the fine elliptical profile of the an- 

 terior portion of the skull, and the orthogna- 

 thous form of the upper facial region, are incon- 

 testably evidence of superiority which are met 

 with usually only in the civilized races. On the 

 other hand, the great breadth of face, the alve- 

 olar prognathism, the enormous development 

 of the ascending ramus of the lower jaw, the 

 extent and roughness of the muscular inser- 

 tions, especially of the masticatory muscles, 

 give rise to the idea of a violent and brutal 



race. 



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He adds that this apparent antithesis, seen 

 also In ^he limbs as well as in the skull, accords 

 with the evidence furnished by the associated 

 weapons and implements of a rude hunter- 

 life, and at the same time of no mean degree 

 of tciste and skill in carving and other arts 

 (see Fig. 9). He might have added that 



