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52 dolichocephalic, and shows similar peculiarities, both as regards the receding forehead and the angular prominence of the occiput. It is, however, a more highly developed skull than the more recently discovered specimens of the Neanderthal-Spy race, such as those of Chapelle-aux-Saints, Moustier, Krapina, La Quina, etc.

The discovery of a Palæolithic human skull and mandible in flint-bearing gravel near Piltdown Common, in Sussex, was the subject of a recent communication by Mr. C. Dawson and Dr. A. Smith Woodward to the Geological Society of London on December 18, 1912.