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THE ANTIQUITY OF MAN 
In the reconstructions of Eoanthropus, shown in figs. i8o 
and 1 8 1, the length of the face is represented as similar 
to that of modern man. The width of the face is 
measured between the zygomatic or cheek arches. Now, 
on the left temporal bone of Eoanthropus the root of the 
zygomatic arch is preserved (fig. 178), and we have thus a 
MODERN ENGLISH EOANTHROPUS 
Fig. 181.— Frontal view of the right half of the forehead and face of a modern 
Englishman contrasted with the left half of the Piltdown skull, as recon- 
structed by the Author. 
means of judging the total width of the face. As may be 
seen in figs. 180 and 181, we are agreed that in width of 
face Eoanthropus and modern man are not unlike. In one 
reconstruction the bizygomatic diameter is represented as 
140 mm. ; in the other — the original model — as 146 mm. 
In width of face Eoanthropus was very like the modern 
Chinaman. Another difference between the reconstruc- 
