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from the front, the roof is usually dome-shaped. The 
forehead of Eoanthropus gives the impression of being 
contracted and ape-like ; its lateral borders, formed by 
the lines for attachment of the temporal muscle, ap- 
proximate as they ascend. In anthropoids these lines 
may actually meet on the vertex of the skull and form a 
median crest. In 
the modern human 
forehead the tem- 
poral lines become 
wider apart, and 
the brow broadens 
towards the crown 
or dome of the 
head (fig. 114). 
In Eoanthropus, 
then, we see an 
ill-filled head with 
sides which slope 
inwards. In a 
general sense we 
may construe such 
charactersassimian 
in nature. 
To complete 
this cursory review 
of the skull of 
Eoanthropus as it 
originally left the 
hands of its re- 
constructor, I add 
Fig. 114. — Face view of a modern human skull for com- 
parison with fig. 113 (half natural size). 
two further figures. In fig. 115 the modern skull is 
viewed from above ; in fig. 116 the same view is repro- 
duced of the skull of Eoanthropus. In the modern 
skull the arrangement of bones is simple. The frontal 
bone, forming the forehead, is joined behind to the 
right and left parietal bones at the coronal suture. At 
the posterior end of the vertical view only the upper 
part of the occipital bone is seen ; it becomes joined to 
