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PEOF. G. ELLIOT SMITH OX THE 



[April 19 14, 



reconstruction of the skull which Dr. Smith Woodward exhibited 

 to the Geological Society in December 1912 was a much closer 

 approximation to the truth than any of the various models so 

 far exhibited in public by his critics. 



In the course of my examination of the fragments last 

 November, I found that the anterior end of the sagittal suture 

 was present on the largest fragment (fig. 4, S, below). The recogni- 

 tion of this suture directed my attention to other features of the 



Fig. 4. — Drawing representing the sutures in the hregniatic region, 

 traced from a photograph ; three-halves of the natural size. 



frontal and parietal bones, which enabled me to determine the 

 precise location (M) of the median line of the skull. 



In fig. 5 (p. 95) I have represented dia grammatically the informa- 

 tion to be gained from the study of the large fragment, when viewed 

 in norma verticalis. The left half of the coronal suture is an 

 obtrusive feature of this fragment. It pursues a very irregular 

 course, but the general direction of the suture is indicated in the 

 diagram by the line L.C. (fig. 5). The exact pattern formed by 

 its medial extremity is shown in fig. 4 {L.C), which is a tracing 

 from an excellent photograph taken by my assistant, Mr. Henry 

 Oooding. 



