. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Science. OSBORX. RfJVIEW OF THE PLEISTOCENE 295 ized by an extremely receding forehead, by the great prominence of the supraorbital ridge?, and by a rather slender jaw. The occipital projec- tion for the attachment of the superior mnscles of the neck was large, indicating that these muscles at the back of the neck were strongly devel- oped, a character necessary to meat-eaters before the invention of knives. Fig. 1G.—Xeanderthal skitJI Skull of a Neanderthal man from the cavern of La Chapello-aux-Saints (Correze), France. After Bonle. and forks. Th
. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Science. OSBORX. RfJVIEW OF THE PLEISTOCENE 295 ized by an extremely receding forehead, by the great prominence of the supraorbital ridge?, and by a rather slender jaw. The occipital projec- tion for the attachment of the superior mnscles of the neck was large, indicating that these muscles at the back of the neck were strongly devel- oped, a character necessary to meat-eaters before the invention of knives. Fig. 1G.—Xeanderthal skitJI Skull of a Neanderthal man from the cavern of La Chapello-aux-Saints (Correze), France. After Bonle. and forks. This primitive type of man was shorter than the average European (that is, 5 feet Si/o inches) ; he is estimated of as low stature as 5 feet S^A inches. His lower limbs were especially powerful, but his gait seems not to have been fully erect, for tlie knees are bent slightlv Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New York Academy of Sciences. New York, New York Academy of Sciences
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