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HRDLICK A] SKELETAL REMAINS 49 
Considered anthropologically, all the parts of the skeleton, and the 
skull in particular, approach closely in every character of impor- 
tance the average skeleton of the present-day Indian of the Central 
states. Zoologically, as well as in growth, the Lansing skeleton and 
the skeleton of the typical present-day Indian of the upper Mississippi 
region are of the same degree and quality. 
There is no resemblance whatever between the Lansing skull and 
the low skulls from Trenton.* 
As to the skull, the vault is fairly well preserved, but the facial 
parts and the base are to a large extent destroyed. When recovered 
by Mr. Long the specimen was in pieces, but it has been well repaired 
and is suitable for measurement. (Plate v, a, 6.) The skull shows 
good development and is in no way artificially deformed. It exhibits 
slight asymmetry, the left part of the frontal bone protruding 
somewhat more than the right; such asymmetry is quite common and 
is not due to any detectable abnormal condition. Viewed from side, 
top, or base, the skull is ovoid in shape, the smaller end forward; 
from front and back, particularly the latter, it appears pentagonal, 
with the summit of the figure upward. The forehead is somewhat 
low and sloping when compared with that of a well-developed skull 
of a white man, but appears normal in comparison with the forehead 
of undeformed skulls of Indians. 
The temporo-parietal region shows but moderate convexity; the 
parietal bosses, however, are well defined, though not unduly prom- 
inent. The sagittal region is somewhat elevated, forming a moderate 
sagittal ridge, which extends from about the obelion to bregma; a 
shght ridge is also seen along the metopic line over the middle third 
of the frontal bone. These ridges which, separated or more often 
joined, are common in Indian skulls, give the cranium, when viewed 
from the front or from the back, its pentagonal appearance. About 
midway between the bregma and lambda the ridge, which from this 
point backward rapidly diminishes, forms a quite marked but in no 
way abnormal summit. 
The occiput is rather bulging, as common in dolichocephaly. The 
base is much damaged, but so far as can be determined it agrees 
in its general features with that of an average skull of the modern 
Indian. The lower jaw also is somewhat damaged; it agrees in 
sexual character with the rest of the skeleton; it may be described 
_as about medium in all its features and in no way peculiar; the chin 
shows fair prominence. There are nine teeth remaining in the lower 
jaw, all of about average male size and all. considerably worn down; 
such attrition is the rule with older individuals among the Indians. 
The thickness of the cranial vault and the weight of the skull are 
2 See p. 35 et seq. 
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