24 Guide to the Fossil Remains of Man 
The tooth, however, is of special interest because its crown differs 
a little in shape from the canine of any known ape, and agrees 
Fig. 10. — Eight; lower canine tooth of Piltdown man (B), shown in outer (1), 
inner (2), anterior (3), and posterior (4) views, compared with the tem- 
porary (milk-) canine tooth of modern man (A) in corresponding views ; 
the Piltdown tooth nat. size, the modern human tooth somewhat enlarged^ 
and the shape of the crown of the former slightly altered by wear 
during life. 
more closely with the temporary (or milk-) canine of modern man 
(fig. 10a). Even in man this temporary tooth is often relatively 
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Fig. 11. — Outer view of right lower temporary (or milk-) canine (c) and incisor 
teeth of modern man, showing that if the base of the crown of the canine 
were raised to the level of the others, the tooth would project above the 
others ; nat. size. 
large, and, if it rose to the same level in the gum as the adjacent 
teeth, would project above them (fig. 11). Hence, Piltdown man 
is an ancestor in which the permanent front teeth of the lower jaw 
