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A CRANIOMETRIC STUDY 



Fig. 4 exhibits outlines of the Micmac and the Pilt- 

 down crania (Smith Woodward's first reconstruction), 

 viewed from above and drawn to the same scale. The Pilt- 

 down specimen is shown in dotted outline. The superiority 

 of the transverse dimensions of the Micmac skull is only 

 relative, owing to its being shorter than the Piltdown 

 cranium. The frontal contours of both skulls are seen to 

 coincide exactly. 



As shown in Fig. 4, the frontal contour of the Micmac skull, 

 when drawn to the same scale, was found to coincide with that 

 of the Piltdown skull (^*') (Smith Woodward's first reconstruc- 

 tion). (') Otherwise the slight relative superiority^ of this 

 Micmac skull is at once apparent, though the post-orbital 



(1) The, writer understands that Smith Woodward has prepared a second reconstruction 

 wiiich exhibits a greater cranial capacity than tlie first. I have so far had no opportunity to 

 ex.imine this second model. 



