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PALÆOLITHIC TYPES OF MAN
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of the Spy skulls (Fig. 11), had, however, the mandible associated with it, and we can therefore form a better opinion of its general characters. It shows a low, retreating forehead, prominent eyebrows, marked prognathism, no chin and large third molar teeth.
Fig. 11.—Side view of Spy skull (No. 1) (13). (After Fraipont.)
The Spy skeletons were discovered in 1886, buried 1212 feet in fallen debris at the entrance to a grotto in the province of Namur, Belgium. The worked flints found in the cave were of the Moustérien types, and among the fauna represented were Rhinoceros tichorhinus, cave-bear, mammoth, hyæna, etc. No works of art were among the relics, so that the Spy