APPENDIX IV. 
Report Oil Ilumaii Skeleton from Alice Springs. 
1 am indebted to my colleague, Professor Watson, for the following notes on 
the bones of the skeleton to which skull No. 1 of Professor Wilson’s report 
belonged. 
Earth-stained (brown-red) bones of an unusually well-developed aboriginal 
male (Paddy O’llalierty) believed to be about 60 years old and 5ft. lOin. in 
height (Gillen). 
Pathological conditions, due to senility, rheumatism, syphilis, traumatism, etc., 
were apparent in many of the bones. An unusual peculiarity was that there were 
only 11 dorsal vertebne, with a corresponding reduction in the number of the ribs, 
of which six, only, were vertebro-sternal. The first rib, on both sides, had a 
double manubrial articulation, its sternal end being bifurcated ; the second rib 
articulated in the usual manner at the junction of the manubrium with the 
gladiolus. The first rib articulated behind by a demi facet on both the 7th 
cervical and 1st dorsal. The last rib (11th) occupied a whole facet on the last 
dorsal vertebra. There was no spinous process on the last (5th) lumbar vertebra, 
as the lamiiue had failed to unite. The sacrum was narrow, its alai being much 
compressed laterally. The pelvis was narrower in every direction than that of a 
European. 
The bones of the fore-arm and leg were actually longer than those of a 
European known to have been 6ft. Sin. in height. The humerus and femur were 
a trifle shorter. The latter bone did not show any approach to the condition 
known as femur d pi la si re. The tibiae were slightly platycnemic : they presented 
in their upper third a pronounced forward curve, which threw the articular 
surfaces for the femoral condyles well behind the axis of the shaft. There was no 
corresponding curve in the fibulae, which were as straight as those of Europeans. 
It may be mentioned that the tibial curve was not due to disease, as the left 
tibia was unatiected by the osteo-porotic changes which obtained in its fellow. 
