. The Victoria history of the county of Devon;. Natural history. A HISTORY OF DEVONSHIRE fifteen or sixteen individuals of both sexes ranging from childhood to old age. Two facially perfect skulls are represented in the accompanying illustration (see Fig. 3), and from the measurements calcu- lated from these portions Mr. R. N. Worth reported that they appeared to him to be orthocephalic in type, midway between the long head and the round. They are orthognathous, and some of the powerful lower jaws discovered have prominent chins. Some of the skulls were exceptionally thick, and others aga
. The Victoria history of the county of Devon;. Natural history. A HISTORY OF DEVONSHIRE fifteen or sixteen individuals of both sexes ranging from childhood to old age. Two facially perfect skulls are represented in the accompanying illustration (see Fig. 3), and from the measurements calcu- lated from these portions Mr. R. N. Worth reported that they appeared to him to be orthocephalic in type, midway between the long head and the round. They are orthognathous, and some of the powerful lower jaws discovered have prominent chins. Some of the skulls were exceptionally thick, and others again very thin. The teeth generally are massive, and however much worn show but little traces of decay. One of the humeri is perforated, and the tibiae are distinctly platyknemic. The race was a short one, various calculations making the average slightly over five feet. AxMiNSTER.—Although the principal evidence of the existence of palaeolithic man in Devon- shire is rendered by certain of its caverns, we have in the valley of the Axe a deposit of river drift implements. These have been found in a ballast pit at Broom, near Axminster, and close to the River Axe. Some of the implements are of large size and of chert, some water-worn, and others 100 MILLIMETERS ;?==;= 3=3= lOCEHTIMETERS J^ 10 DECIMETERS". METER (or39flft inches) 10 METERS= 1 DEKAMETER 100 METERS= iHE(. Fig. 3.—Skulls from Cattedown Cave again quite sharp and uninjured. The ovate type seems to predominate,^ but the pointed forms are not scarce. There is a fine series of palaeolithic implements from Broom at the Albert Memorial Museum at Exeter. The Neolithic Age The records of primitive man in Devonshire, as revealed by the explora- tion of Kent's Cavern, are plain and distinct. The formation of the breccia and the infilling of the cave with red earth, both containing relics of human handiwork, must have taken a long period of time. During this, as we have previously realized, man and predaceous animals, in
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