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THE ENGIS SKULL. 



Fio. 143. 



The first of these two skulls (figs. 143, 144) might have 



been that of a 

 modern Euro- 

 pean, so far at 

 least as form 

 is concerned. 

 " There is no 

 mark of de- 

 gradation about 

 any part of its 

 structure. It is, 

 in fact, a fair 

 average human 

 skull, which 

 might have be- 

 longed to a philo- 

 sopher, or might 

 have contained 

 the thoughtless 

 brains of a sa- 

 vage." * 



The case, he 

 adds, "of the Neander- 

 thal skull (figs. 145- 

 147) is very different. 

 Under whatever aspect 

 we view this cranium, 

 whether we regard its 

 vertical depression, the 

 enormous thickness of 

 its supraciliary ridges, 

 its sloping occiput, or 



The Engis skuii. its long and straight 



* Huxley. Mail's Place in Nature, p. 156. 



