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surfaces. At least it belongs to the Neolithic period. 
This case is of some interest because it raises the question : 
Is a fragment of a skull, such as that found at Aberavon 
(fig. 18), sufficient to indicate the kind of man of which 
it formed a part ? The fragment, consisting of the 
frontal bone, forming the forehead, and a small part of 
the parietal bone, forming the vault, is shown in fig. 18. 
It has been superimposed on the outline of another skull 
— one found at Newport — also of Neolithic date. It fits 
that skull not quite accurately, but sufficiently well to 
show that it was part of a skull of similar shape, but of 
rather larger dimensions. We are therefore at liberty to 
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Fig. 18.— Fragment of skull found at Aberavon, superimposed on an outline of 
the Newport skull. 
infer that it formed part of a skull very similar to the 
usual type of Neolithic crania. The Aberavon fragment, 
however, has certain characters which deserve attention. 
The eyebrow ridges are particularly well developed ; it 
shows a robustness in the lines of attachment of the 
temporal muscles which is not usual in modern skulls. 
Major Gray has also given me the opportunity of 
examining a skull dredged in 1840 from the same peat 
deposit as the Aberavon fragment came from. This is a 
complete specimen, and, in the frontal region, is a counter- 
part of the fragment just described. 
In all these finds of Neolithic man in England, the 
reader will note an unfortunate deficiency ; there is a 
