Anatomical observations on a collection of orang skulls from western Borneo : with a bibliography / by Ales Hrdlicka.

  • Hrdlička, Aleš, 1869-1943.
Date:
1906
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Credit: Anatomical observations on a collection of orang skulls from western Borneo : with a bibliography / by Ales Hrdlicka. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    males, (! females) an ai'cli over a larsje foramen (see tin-. 4^/), in six (1 male, 5 females) it consists only of two diverj^ing- lamina' with wide mesial separation, and in one ease' (female. No. 142201) thei’O are only traces of even these lamime. The latei'al lH)rders of the dorsum selhe oi‘ its components, articulates at their base, in many of the specimens, with a ])rocess from the point of the petrous part over a quite spacious canal for the inferior petrosal sinus; and a little farther laterad the free superior border of the petrous bone shows a marked oval depression for the (xasserian ^anj^lion. This hollow is more pronounced than in man; in sonic of the speci- i'lo. 6.-SKULL OF PEsrALE ORAXo (Cat. No. 142170 U.S.N.M.), SHOWXNG A DimXimox IX SIZE OF THE MOLARS FROM THE FIR.ST BACKWARDS. mens iirojectiu^ spicuhe from the superior border of the petrous bone comert it into an incomplete foramen; and in one case (No. 14219S) there is on the right side a union of these processes, from which results a complete spacious bony fenestrum (tig. 4/). 4’his feature so far as the writer could lind, has not been reported previouslv either in apes or man. ^ T/ie teet/i.~Ovim}r teeth in general have been studied thoromdily by belenka, and there will be added in this place only a few parUculars. >0 inale teeth are all largei- than the corresponding ones of the « Mensclienaffen, p. 57 et se(j.