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fourteen to sixteen years old. " On account of the apparent 

 obliteration/' writes His, " of a portion of the sagittal suture, I 

 was still doubtful, but now I have found that by moistening 

 the skull this obliteration is, indeed, only so in appearance. I 



Fig. 121. SkuU of Meilen, in Profile, after His. 



rig. 122. Skidl of Meilen, top view. 



have at the same time received from Altdorf the entire skull of a 

 child of our Helvetian (or as we call it) the lion-type, which in 

 the drawing and measurements exactly covers the Meilen 



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