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Vertebral column . 
The cervical vertebrae of Nos. 21 f 23 and 24 have been preserved, and 
their spines are more markedly bifid than in the case of the Semang and 
Sakai specimens (Nos. r, 3 and 9), in which this condition is feebly indicated 
but not altogether absent. 
The lumbar vertebrae have been preserved—with the exception of the third 
in No. 2i“in Nos. 2i, 23, 24 and 26 ; tn none of these four skeletons is the 
lamina of the fifth lumbar vertebra separated from the rest of the bone. The 
lumbar indices and the measurements on which they are based are given in the 
following table :•—- 
Heights and Indices of Lumbar Vertebrae 
No. 2 T 
No. 23 
No. 24 
No. 26 
1 st :— 
Anterior Height 
2 z 
26 
20 
22 
Posterior Height 
*3 
29 
*3 
Index . 
104*5 
111*5 
115*0 
1136 
2nd :— 
Anterior Height 
23 
26 
2 3 
22 
Posterior Height 
2 4 
28 
26 
26 
Index . 
104'3 
1074 
ii3*o 
II 8*2 
3rd :— 
Anterior Height 
... 
26 
*3 
*3 
Posterior Height 
... 
26 
*4 
26 
Index 
... 
100 
104*3 
1130 
4th ; — 
Anterior Height ... 
26 
24 
23 
Posterior Height 
21 
26 
22 
24 
Index . 
91‘3 
ICO 
917 
104-3 
Anterior Height 
£7 
26 
24 
22 
Posterior Height 
22 
22 
20 
2 3 
Index 
81'4 
846 
833 
91*8 
Mean Lumbar Index ... 
... 
1007 
ioi'5 
I08‘2 
