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also to be seen in the skeletons of men of the modern 
type. The Galley Hill man represents no strange 
species of mankind ; he belongs to the same type as 
modern man. 
Such are the general features of the Galley Hill man. 
For students of human races the form of head and face 
has a special significance. In this part of our inquiry 
a special difficulty confronts us. We have seen that the 
bones when first exposed were quite soft ; the skull 
warped as it dried. To anthropologists, who refuse to 
recognise any but perfect specimens, the Galley Hill skull 
will probably be regarded as an unreliable document. 
Were we to wait for the discovery of perfect prehistoric 
crania, the early story of man could never be written. 
We have to make the best of what is found, and, in the 
case of the Galley Hill skull, it is not difficult to make a 
due allowance for defects which arise from warping or 
earth-pressure. . The skull, in all its characters, is of the 
type familiar to students of the human body — it is an 
extremely long, narrow skull, with a low vault. When 
viewed in profile and placed within the conventional 
frame (fig. 63), it is seen to exceed the average modern 
English skull by 14 mm. — fully half an inch — its 
maximum length being 204 mm. From the front the 
skull appears to be flattened from side to side (fig. 63), 
the width having been originally just under 140 mm. 
The man was pronouncedly long-headed, the width being 
approximately 69 per cent, of the length. We have 
already seen that most of the Palasolithic Europeans, 
especially ^of the Aurignacian period, had exceptionally 
long heads. In any large modern population in the 
western side of Europe, individuals with heads of a very 
similar size and shape could still be found. The height 
of the vault above the ear-holes in this ancient skull is 
120 mm. — a low amount when compared with the length, 
and yet in absolute amount rather above the modern 
average. In size of brain the Galley Hill man is not 
unlike the modern average man, but an exact estimate is 
not possible. From direct measurement it was found 
