. Bulletin of the Natural Histort Museum. Geology series. Fig. 7 Left scapula. , natural size. 7A, ventral; 7B Fig. 8 Left scapula, , glenoid fossa in lateral view. Natural size. area of the conoid ligament can be clearly seen as a smooth facet on the medial superior surface of the coracoid process. The scapula was that of an adult. The subcoracoid and inferior glenoid fossa rim secondary centres of ossification are both fully fused and the growth lines are obliterated. (GC No. 7) (Fig. 10) Left This is a fragment of the lateral root and spine, plus portions
. Bulletin of the Natural Histort Museum. Geology series. Fig. 7 Left scapula. , natural size. 7A, ventral; 7B Fig. 8 Left scapula, , glenoid fossa in lateral view. Natural size. area of the conoid ligament can be clearly seen as a smooth facet on the medial superior surface of the coracoid process. The scapula was that of an adult. The subcoracoid and inferior glenoid fossa rim secondary centres of ossification are both fully fused and the growth lines are obliterated. (GC No. 7) (Fig. 10) Left This is a fragment of the lateral root and spine, plus portions of the body, of a left scapula (Fig. 10). The superior portion of the spine is missing and only the root is preserved. The total length of the fragment is superoinferiorly by dorsoventrally. The scapular notch is preserved and forms a very open semicircle (with an angle of about 116° between the tangents to the two sides). The lateral edge of the notch is horizontal and the medial edge rises relatively steeply towards the superior angle. The notch is positioned close to the lateral root of the spine, and there is virtually no supraspinatus fossa in this specimen, at least on the lateral half of the scapula. The base of the glenoid is narrow ventrodorsally, and there is no indication of the superior end of the ventral pillar in the preserved portion. The subscapular surface abounds with scratch marks - perhaps of recent origin. Cutmarks are also visible on the lateral root of the spine. Morphology The scapular fragments from the Creswellian level of Gough's Cave represent a minimum of three individuals. The right and left scapulae and are morphologically very similar and are likely to derive from the same individual. Based on the overall size of these scapulae this individual was probably male, and judging from the degree of fusion of the observable secondary centres of ossifica- tion in the right-side scapula, he was over the age of twenty at the
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