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Fig. 7 Left scapula. M. 54057, 0.5x natural size. 7A, ventral; 7B dorsal. 



Fig. 8 Left scapula, M. 54057, glenoid fossa in lateral view. Natural size. 



area of the conoid ligament can be clearly seen as a smooth facet on 

 the medial superior surface of the coracoid process. 



The scapula was that of an adult. The subcoracoid and inferior 

 glenoid fossa rim secondary centres of ossification are both fully 

 fused and the growth lines are obliterated. 



M.54059 (GC No. 7) (Fig. 10) 



Left 



This is a fragment of the lateral root and spine, plus portions of the 



body, of a left scapula (Fig. 10). The superior portion of the spine is 



missing and only the root is preserved. The total length of the 



fragment is 70.8mm superoinferiorly by 37.2mm dorsoventrally. 



The scapular notch is preserved and forms a very open semicircle 

 (with an angle of about 1 16° between the tangents to the two sides). 

 The lateral edge of the notch is horizontal and the medial edge rises 

 relatively steeply towards the superior angle. The notch is positioned 

 close to the lateral root of the spine, and there is virtually no 

 supraspinatus fossa in this specimen, at least on the lateral half of the 

 scapula. The base of the glenoid is narrow ventrodorsally, and there 

 is no indication of the superior end of the ventral pillar in the 

 preserved portion. The subscapular surface abounds with scratch 

 marks - perhaps of recent origin. Cutmarks are also visible on the 

 lateral root of the spine. 



Morphology 



The scapular fragments from the Creswellian level of Gough's Cave 

 represent a minimum of three individuals. The right and left scapulae 

 M. 54056 and M. 54057 are morphologically very similar and are 

 likely to derive from the same individual. Based on the overall size of 

 these scapulae this individual was probably male, and judging from 

 the degree of fusion of the observable secondary centres of ossifica- 

 tion in the right-side scapula, he was over the age of twenty at the 

 time of death. The left scapular fragment M. 54058 also appears to 

 have derived from a relatively large individual, and may likewise 

 represent a male. Again judging from the degree of development of 



