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These fosse are of evolutionary significance. In the anthropoid 
apes they are either entirely wanting or very nearly so, the region 
being in fact often moderately convex; and the same is true, so far 
as the evidence is available, of early man to the latter part of the 
Neanderthal period. 
MALAR BONES. ZYGOMZ 
The malars among the Munsee are of moderate development 
throughout, and none of the bones shows any complete or even appre- 
ciable partial division or other anomaly. The zygomatic processes 
are rather submedium in strength as compared with those of other 
Indians, particularly in the males. 
In one of the male skulls (no. 285,313) the right zygoma is repre- 
sented only by a pointed but otherwise unaltered base, the rest of 
the bone, up to the malar suture, being absent. Jn all probability 
this condition is the result of an old fracture, after which the larger 
part of the zygoma was lost or remained separated. 
XXVIII. MUNSEE CRANIA: THE MALARS; ZYGOMA 
9 males 11 females | 7 males 11 females 
MALARS | | ZYGOME = 
eens Per Per ee er p Per 
Cases cent Cases cent Cases |. Gee Cases Gant 
Heavy Or protrud=|t-eee s4|-e eae eae eel oe aes Very broad... ... eee 1 ae | | Rig nad 
ing. Medium ...:.!2.: 33 43 10 91 
Medium develop- 9 100 10 91 |} Submedium (for 4 57 i 9 
ment. the sex and 
Submedium de-|........|.- sbcke2 1 9 race). 
velopment. 
UPPER ALVEOLAR ARCH 
The main feature for observation of the upper dental arch is its 
slant or prognathism, and conditions in this respect have already 
been shown in the main by the measurements. The inspection con- 
firms the fact that in three of the female skulls the arch must be 
described as markedly slanting. In two cases, in both of which the 
vault of the skull is artificially deformed, the arch is asymmetric; in 
one of these, however, the asymmetry is evidently due to early loss 
of some of the teeth. In no case is there any special massiveness of 
the arch. 
XXIX. MUNSEE CRANIA: UPPER ALVEOLAR ARCH 
| 8 males 11 females 
Cases Per cent | Cases Per cent 
= = pa al 
Meditim slant... 2: -.:.¢ te... “69. s 2 ee eee 8 100 8 73 
Marked 'slanticns:6ssc5 dae oes Sok Shc ectas mae ceeis ak eee Eee all oe oe weiner eee 3 i 
ASYMMEGWC =< = 225225 Soe. ee acdsee Seale veer e ne eee : 1 (12) I (9) 
