. Man's place in nature, and other anthropological essays. een the different specimens of well-characterized varieties, than be-tween the fossil cranium of Liege and that of one of those varietiesselected as a term of comparison. Geoifroy St. Hilaires remarks are^ it will be observed, little butan echo of the philosophic doubts of the describer and discovererof the remains. As to the critique upon Schmerlings figures, Ifind that the side view given by the latter is really about fVthsof an inch shorter than the original, and that the front view isdiminished to about the same extent. Otherwise t
. Man's place in nature, and other anthropological essays. een the different specimens of well-characterized varieties, than be-tween the fossil cranium of Liege and that of one of those varietiesselected as a term of comparison. Geoifroy St. Hilaires remarks are^ it will be observed, little butan echo of the philosophic doubts of the describer and discovererof the remains. As to the critique upon Schmerlings figures, Ifind that the side view given by the latter is really about fVthsof an inch shorter than the original, and that the front view isdiminished to about the same extent. Otherwise the representa-tion is not, in any way, inaccurate, but corresponds very well withthe cast which is in my possession. A piece of the occipital bone, which Schmerling seems to havemissed, has since been fitted on to the rest of the cranium by anaccomplished anatomist. Dr. Spring of Liege, under whose direc-tion an excellent plaster cast was made for Sir Charles Lyell. Itis upon and from a duplicate of that cast that my own observa- FOSSIL REMAINS OF MAN 95. Fig. 24.—The Engis skull viewed from above (A) and in front (B). tions and the accompanying figures, tlie outlines of which arecopied from very accurate Camera lucida drawings, by my friendMr. Busk, reduced to one-half of the natural size, are made. 96 MANS PLACE IN NATURE As Professor Schmerling observes, the base of tlie skull is de-stroyed, and the facial bones are entirely absent; but the roof ofthe cranium, consisting of the frontal, parietal, and the greaterpart of the occipital bones, as far as the middle of the occipitalforamen, is entire, or nearly so. The left temporal bone is want-ing. Of the right temporal, the parts in the immediate neighbour-hood of the auditory foramen, the mastoid process, and a con-siderable portion of the squamous element of the temporal arewell preserved (Fig, 23). The lines of fracture which remain between the coadjustedpieces of the skull, and are faithfully displayed in Schmerlingsfigur
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