[38] Decas Collectionis suæ craniorum diversarum gentium illustrata.
Gottingæ, 1790-1820.
[39] In a subsequent passage, Schmerling remarks upon the occurrence of
an incisor tooth "of enormous size" from the caverns of Engihoul. The
tooth figured is somewhat long, but its dimensions do not appear to me
to be otherwise remarkable.
[40] The figure of this clavicle measures 5 inches from end to end in a
straight line--so that the bone is rather a small than a large one.
[41] ON THE CRANIA OF THE MOST ANCIENT RACES OF MAN. By Professor D.
Schaaffhausen, of Bonn. (From Müller's Archiv., 1858, p. 453.) With
Remarks, and original Figures, taken from a Cast of the Neanderthal
Cranium. By George Busk, F.R.S., &c. Natural History Review, April,
1861.
[42] Verhandl. d. Naturhist. Vereins der preuss. Rheinlande und
Westphalens., xiv. Bonn, 1857.
[43] Ib. Correspondenzblatt. No. 2.
[44] This, Mr. Busk has pointed out, is probably the notch for the
frontal nerve.
[45] The numbers in brackets are those which I should assign to the
different measures, as taken from the plaster cast.--G. B.
[46] Verh. des Naturhist. Vereins in Bonn, xiv. 1857.
[47] Estimating the facial angle in the way suggested, on the cast I
should place it at 64° to 67°.--G. B.
[48] See an excellent Essay by Mr. Church on the Myology of the Orang,
in the Natural History Review, for 1861.
[49] In no normal human skull does the breadth of the brain-case exceed
its length.
[50] See Dr. D. Wilson's valuable paper "On the supposed prevalence of
one Cranial Type throughout the American aborigines."--Canadian Journal,
vol. ii., 1857.