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-specimen thus led to the conclusion that the canine tooth must 
have been larger than in man, and separated from the premolar 
by a slight gap, which would allow it to interlock with the large 
upper canine in the true ape-fashion. Fortunately, some months 
Fig. 9. — Continuation and explanation opposite. 
afterwards, the actual tooth (fig. 10b) was picked up by Father P. 
Teilhard, in the presence of Mr. Dawson and Dr. Smith Woodward, 
and entirely confirmed this conclusion. It was lying in the gravel 
close to the spot whence the lower jaw itself had been disinterred. 
