590 THE NEANDERTHAL SKULL 
Thus, it appears to me, that the conclusion expressed in Prof. 
Schaafhausen’s concluding paragraph is not borne out by facts, for the 
brain of the Neanderthal man is certainly not nearly so different from 
some Australian brains, as the extreme forms of Australian brains are 
from one another. 
The “Crania Helvetica” of Professors Riitimeyer and His has come 
into my hands since the above was in type. Among the large series 
of ancient and modern crania figured in this elaborate and valuable 
work, I have only been able to find one which at all approaches the 
Neanderthal skull. It is that represented in the plate B. III, and is 
derived from Berolles, Canton Vaud. Ascribed to the Burgundian 
period, it is regarded by Rutimeyer and His, as a “ mixed form” be- 
tween their Sion and Hohberg types, or, in other words, as Celto- 
Roman. This skull, however, does not come nearly so close to the 
Neanderthal cranium as some of the Borreby and some of the 
Australian skulls do. 
conclude that the like similarity obtained in the missing portion of the former, the 
Neanderthal cranium must have had a much larger capacity than the minimum (75 c. i.) I 
ventured to assign to it; for the cast of the Australian skull displaces 87$ cubic inches of 
water. The maximum capacity of Australian skulls given by Morton is only 83 cubic inches, 
while the minimum sinks to 63 cubic inches. 
