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FOSSIL REMAINS OF MAN.
| Distance from the upper angle of the occipital to the superior semicircular lines | 51 (60) = 1·9"—2·4". |
| Thickness of the bone at the parietal protuberance | 8. |
| at the angle of the occipital | 9. |
| —— at the superior semicircular line of the occipital | 10 = 0·3". |
Besides the cranium, the following bones have been secured:—
1. Both thigh-bones, perfect. These, like the skull, and all the other bones, are characterized by their unusual thickness, and the great development of all the elevations and depressions for the attachment of muscles. In the Anatomical Museum at Bonn, under the designation of "Giant's-bones," are some recent thigh-bones, with which in thickness the foregoing pretty nearly correspond, although they are shorter.
| Giant's bones. | Fossil bones. | ||
| mm. | mm. | ||
| Length | 542 = 21·4" | … | 438 = 17·4". |
| Diameter of head of femur. | 54 = 2·14" | … | 53 = 2·0". |
| "of lower articular end, from one condyle to the other | 89 = 3·5" | … | 87 = 3·4". |
| Diameter of femur in the middle | 33 = 1·2" | … | 30 = 1·1". |
2. A perfect right humerus, whose size shows that it belongs to the thigh-bones.
| mm. | |
| Length | 312 = 12·3". |
| Thickness in the middle | 26 = 1·0". |
| Diameter of head | 49 = 1·9". |
