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Archæology and false antiquities (1906)

Munro, Robert, 1835-1920 · Philadelphia, G. W. Jacobs · leaf 57

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re deposited, i.e.in Quaternary times. In the above respect it conformsmore with the under jaws of Neolithic or modern races,than with those of the Quaternary period, so far as thefew specimens hitherto known will admit of a compari-son. The chin of the Spy jaw (Fig. 2) slopes away fromthe teeth… … Fig 2. Lower Jaw of a Skeleton found in theGrotte de Spy, Belgium (§) After Fraipont jaw (Fig. 3), found in one of the Quaternary caves ofBelgium, near Dinant, in the valley of the Lesse. Ac-cording to Broca a non-retreating chin is a more recentcharacteristic, and consequently, the greater amount…

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