Men of the old stone age, their environment, life and art (1916)
Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 · New York : C. Scribner's sons · leaf 277
he spinous processes are directed back-ward instead of downward. This caused the habitual stoopingof Neanderthal man at the neck and shoulders and prevented 242 MEN OF THE OLD STONE AGE him from ever holding his head entirely erect. Whereas in theback-bone of existing races the erect position is… … 4\ % Fig. 123. Restoration of the head of the Neanderthal man of La Chapelle- aux-Saints, in profile, after model by J. H. McGregor. One-quarter life size. toward the front, namely, the back and neck curvature, just de-scribed, and a sacral or pelvic curvature; there is also a convexlumbar…
Prehistoric peoples · Stone age · Art, Primitive
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