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  FORTT-SEVEJSTJS 
  REPORT 
  ON 
  THE 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  mound 
  gave 
  similarly 
  a 
  maximum 
  of 
  .661, 
  a 
  minimum 
  of 
  .892" 
  

   and 
  a 
  mean 
  of 
  .766. 
  The 
  indices 
  for 
  the 
  Canandaigua 
  

   femora 
  are 
  .772 
  and 
  .764, 
  with 
  an 
  average 
  of 
  .768, 
  bringing 
  them 
  

   very 
  near 
  the 
  mean 
  from 
  the 
  Circular 
  mound. 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  

   compression 
  noted 
  near 
  each 
  extremity 
  the 
  longitudinal 
  ridge 
  

   upon 
  the 
  posterior 
  surface 
  frequently 
  becomes 
  sharp 
  and 
  promi- 
  

   nent 
  in 
  prehistoric 
  femora. 
  

  

  d. 
  Humerus. 
  — 
  The 
  disappearance 
  of 
  the 
  thin 
  septum 
  of 
  bone, 
  

   which 
  separates 
  the 
  two 
  fossae 
  at 
  the 
  elbow, 
  forms 
  the 
  so-called 
  

   " 
  perforation 
  of 
  the 
  humerus." 
  This 
  character 
  has 
  been 
  stated 
  

   to 
  be 
  associated 
  commonly 
  with 
  those 
  previously 
  noted, 
  although 
  

   care 
  must 
  be 
  taken 
  to 
  distinguish 
  the 
  natural 
  from 
  an 
  artificial 
  

   perforation. 
  The 
  septum, 
  al 
  ways 
  thin, 
  is 
  especially 
  liable 
  to 
  d 
  ecay 
  . 
  

   As 
  many 
  as 
  fifty-four 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  mound 
  and 
  cave 
  humeri 
  may 
  show 
  

   this 
  abnormality. 
  The 
  perforation 
  varies 
  much 
  in 
  size 
  and 
  it 
  

   may 
  be 
  present 
  upon 
  one 
  or 
  both 
  sides, 
  occurring 
  most 
  frequently 
  

   upon 
  the 
  left. 
  In 
  the 
  specimen 
  under 
  study 
  the 
  right 
  humerus 
  

   shows 
  a 
  relatively 
  small 
  opening 
  .12 
  by 
  .08 
  inches 
  in 
  size. 
  In 
  the 
  

   left, 
  the 
  coronoid 
  fossa 
  is 
  partially 
  filled 
  by 
  an 
  abnornal 
  deposit 
  

   of 
  bone 
  material. 
  

  

  e. 
  Skull.— 
  This 
  is 
  especially 
  characterized 
  by 
  heavy 
  supra-orbital 
  

   ridges, 
  a 
  low 
  retreating 
  forehead, 
  a 
  very 
  prominent 
  occiput 
  and 
  

   a 
  massive 
  lower 
  jaw 
  with 
  teeth 
  much 
  worn. 
  The 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  

   skull 
  is 
  7.61: 
  inches 
  and 
  its 
  parietal 
  breadth 
  5.43 
  inches, 
  giving 
  a 
  

   latitudinal 
  index 
  of 
  .711 
  and 
  thus 
  bringing 
  it 
  within 
  the 
  dolico- 
  

   cephalic, 
  or 
  long-headed 
  type. 
  The 
  height 
  is 
  5.98 
  inches, 
  giving 
  

   an 
  altitudinal 
  index 
  of 
  .783. 
  The 
  contents 
  of 
  the 
  skull 
  is 
  about 
  95 
  

   cubic 
  inches 
  or 
  1557 
  cubic 
  centimeters, 
  a 
  capacity 
  considerably 
  in 
  

   excess 
  of 
  the 
  means 
  of 
  prehistoric 
  races 
  and 
  modern 
  savages. 
  

   The 
  coronal 
  suture 
  is 
  very 
  simple 
  and 
  open, 
  the 
  sagittal 
  near 
  it 
  

   open, 
  but 
  farther 
  back 
  becoming 
  partially 
  or 
  completely 
  obliterated. 
  

   Two 
  wormian 
  bones 
  occur 
  just 
  posterior 
  to 
  the 
  mastoid 
  processes, 
  

   the 
  larger 
  upon 
  the 
  left 
  side. 
  The 
  temporal 
  ridges 
  are 
  not 
  heavy 
  

   but 
  run 
  up 
  well 
  toward 
  the 
  vertex. 
  The 
  entire 
  skull 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  

   much 
  in 
  common 
  with 
  the 
  celebrated 
  Engis 
  skull, 
  discovered 
  in 
  

   a 
  cavern 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Schmerling 
  in 
  1833. 
  The 
  two 
  have 
  much 
  the 
  

   same 
  contour, 
  from 
  whichever 
  direction 
  viewed, 
  except 
  that 
  the 
  

   Canandaigua 
  skull 
  has 
  a 
  decidedly 
  inferior 
  frontal 
  development. 
  

  

  