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outlines of the Aberdeen and the Brazil crania follow each other is 
very remarkable. 
In instituting this comparison between the three crania in 
question, it should be noted that only in one, viz. the Brazil 
specimen, is the face preserved — and this only partially. Still, 
enough remains to show that the Brazil skull was distinctly 
prognathic. It is most unlikely that the Aberdeen skull possessed 
the same degree of this character ; but it should be noted that 
there is no proof one way or another. In the case of the Rutland 
specimen it is safe to say that it was not prognathic. A fragment 
of the front part of the body of the lower jaw of this skull has 
been preserved, and in this the chief distinguishing features are (1) 
the vertical sockets for the incisor and canine teeth, and (2) the 
very pronounced mental prominence — a prominence which extends 
outwards in a ridge-like manner beyond the incisor portion of the 
jaw, and which terminates on each side in a marked tubercle. 
Largs Skull. 
The evidence which the Hon. Mr Abercromby has advanced to 
show that the beaker urn belongs to the most remote period of the 
Bronze Age has been the means of stimulating an increased degree 
of interest in the human remains which have been found associated 
with this form of ceramic. 
Dr Bryce * has gathered together the records of twelve such 
crania, all found within the Scottish area, and each singly within a 
closed short cist, under conditions similar to those under which the 
Largs specimen was discovered. These crania exhibit a remark- 
able uniformity in almost all essential details, and one cannot help 
concluding that they are derived from a very homogeneous and 
distinct race. The Largs specimen conforms in a striking manner 
with this type. A very casual examination is sufficient to show, 
notwithstanding its damaged condition, that in it we have a 
combination of definite characters seldom, if indeed ever, 
encountered in association with each other in modern crania. 
* “Notes on a Human Skeleton found in a Cist with a Beaker Urn, and on 
the Cranial Form associated with that type of Ceramic,” Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., 
May 8, 1905. See also Prehistoric Human Slcelctons found at Merthyr Mawr, 
Hepburn, Cardiff, 1905. 
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