. Evidence as to man's place in nature . Dr. Spring of Liege,under whose direction an excellent plaster cast was made forSir Charles Lyell. It is upon and from a duplicate of thatcast that my own observations and the accompanying figures,the outlines of which are copied from very accui-ate Cameralucida drawings, by my Mend Mr. Busk, reduced to one-half of the natural size, are made. As Professor Schmerling observes, the base of the skullis destroyed, and the facial bones are entirely absent; but theroof of the cranium, consisting of the frontal, parietal, andthe greater part of the occipital b
. Evidence as to man's place in nature . Dr. Spring of Liege,under whose direction an excellent plaster cast was made forSir Charles Lyell. It is upon and from a duplicate of thatcast that my own observations and the accompanying figures,the outlines of which are copied from very accui-ate Cameralucida drawings, by my Mend Mr. Busk, reduced to one-half of the natural size, are made. As Professor Schmerling observes, the base of the skullis destroyed, and the facial bones are entirely absent; but theroof of the cranium, consisting of the frontal, parietal, andthe greater part of the occipital bones, as far as the middleof the occipital foramen, is entire or nearly so. The lefttemporal bone is wanting. Of the right temporal, the partsin the immediate neighbourhood of the auditory foramen,the mastoid process, and a considerable portion of the squa-mous element of the temporal are well preserved (Fig. 23.). The lines of fracture which remain between the coadjustedpieces of the skull, and are faithfully displayed in Schmer- 120.
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