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Table of dimensions (in millimeters). 

ANIMAL REMAINS FROM THE EXCAVATIONS AT ANAU. 































* After Riitimeyer. 
1 A ee 
North Kurgan, Sus vittatus. | Sus scrofa, Tunis Soha $s 8 
Anau. (Mus. Bern). (wild boar). (Mus. Bern). “ g gig 
oR BSS 
Skull. ied Aa|3 20 
Wild, | of the | Mus, | Coll, |Schloss| La (Bete eae 
| +6 ft.| —8 ft.+20 a re Bat- | Bern. | Duerst.| berg. | Téne. |'§ "9/2 9 5 
f taks. | | 8a) So 
a” |Y) 
Length from middle of occi- | 
pital ridge to line of junc- 
tion between anterior bor- 
ders: of ‘orbitsie ene eee | 116 125 120 118 113 127 99 116 
Length from same point to | 
coronal sutures ase oe ok 54 55 55 53 46 56 36 38 35 40 
Greatest width of frontal | | | 
Done ke < Cee eee tn 82 96 IOI 86 92 85 102 84 86 81 102 
Length of frontal bone to | 
line of junction between | 
anterior borders of orbits..) 61 7 75 67 is) 57 64 
Height of fossa temporalis | 32 vee | 38 37 32 42 er ‘ 25 39 
Greatest occipital height...) 92 | 98 99 eee 106 ake Ses: 60 102 
Least occipital height...... | 62(?)} | sf te one 82 60 65-sales5 79 
Greatest occipital width....)| 88 - -. Af ee) go 90 88 110 
Least parietal width........| 32 | | 33 34 26 17 24 24 23 29 
Greatest parietal width..... | 72 | Te bis ey 78 72 69 | 68 81 
Width between anterior bor- | 
Gers ‘Of orbits sean eee ere aoe 58| 66| 54 58 53 74 60 74 
Length from anterior to | 
posterior border of orbit. ; 3I 34 33 35 38 32 36 30 a0 
Anau. A 
Vl: nau anlohsee | Vindo- os 
Lower jaw. | +12 to| +24| +19 | +26 Tae | Spain of pile- 
_ 1903. Adult, Adult, Adult|“ | , ee 
Length of symphysis........ | 62 62 59 123-144 
Width of corpus between 
exterior borders of alveoles | | 
Of TUSKS\ titi wa aioe a eee | 45 J wees | wees 45 42 
Width between inner borders | | 
Of ‘Saintes. on cet ere ee | 28 see | 31 30 
Transverse diameter before 
premolar 24 ie cme ere | 3 HSA, ocOilves seaee 91) eens ets 34 ac 
Height of horizontal branch | 
before premolan3... 00. es 7 Aopen saree 37 38 
Height of horizontal branch | | | | 
behind molatiaa.ce eee 51 A SO aed 7) | 47 47 60 
Length of molar 3:7. 1.0 sees) Re re aie ee ie ac 26 30-31 43-46 
Width of ascending branch, | 78 65. |. 70. | 69 jo leo ehh 
| | 

absolute certainty only by comparative experiments with living individuals of 
both of the respectively postulated ancestors. 
In the meantime we shall follow 
the recognized hypothesis of the majority of the authors, namely, that Sus 
palustris is derived from Sus vittatus, especially since this conception agrees with 
the requirements of our special case, and because, contrary to the requirements 
of Nehring’s hypothesis, no remains of the large pig (presumably Sus scrofa ferus) 
are found in the lower strata. 
Notwithstanding the fact that the contemporary 
climatic conditions were favorable to the breeding of swine, they appear only 
