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Prof. A. S. Underwood said that lie would confine his remarks 

 to the two molars and the socket of the third molar in the Pilt- 

 down mandible. He had been prepared to show the radiograph 

 at the Royal College of Surgeons in the summer, but Prof. Keith 

 had been unable to place a lantern at his disposal. The two molars 

 Avere worn down by use, to such an extent that it was impossible 

 that the individual could have been less than 30 years of age, 

 probably a good deal more. The sockets of the third molar were not 

 those of an erupting tooth, the roots had been quite completed, and 

 the tooth was in its final position at death. This was very plainly 

 shown in the radiograph. Had the third molar been erupting or 

 about to erupt, the roots could not have been on a plane with those 

 of the other molars. 



Mr. C. Dawsox thanked the Fellows for their kind reception 

 of the paper. He specially wished to record the thanks of the 

 Authors to Mr. George M. Maiyon -Wilson (the Lord of the 

 Manor) and his tenant, Mr. Robert Kenward, for their kind 

 permission to make excavations in the gravel-bed at Piltdown. 



Dr. A. Smith Woodward and Prof. G. Elliot Smith also 

 briefly replied. 



