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or cerebral part of the brain lies above the line on which 
the skulls are orientated.^ In the modern head (fig. 1 12) 
the roof of the skull almost reaches the loo-mm. line ; 
in Eoanthropus it passes slightly above the 90-mm. line. 
When we allow for the great thickness of the skull, it is 
plain that the brain of Eoanthropus will fall — as regards 
Fig. III. — Profile drawing of Dr Smith Woodward's reconstruction of the skull 
of Eoanthropus (half natural size). The parts present are shaded ; the missing 
parts are left blank. 
height — about 15 mm. (? inch) short of the modern 
English brain. As regards the total length of the skull, 
the ancient and modern man are much alike — the 
maximum length in each case being about 190 mm. 
It is clear from these diagrams that the face of 
^ For details concerning this line or plane — the subcerebral plane — see 
Kekh, /ourn. of Anat. and Physiol., 191O) vol. xliv. p. 251. 
