|Human Skeletons | | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |Platycnemic bones | | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | +------------------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ _Description of the Human Remains by Professor Busk._ For the following account of the human remains, reprinted from the “Journal of the Ethnological Society,” January 1871, I am indebted to the kindness of my friend Professor Busk, to whom examples of all the forms were forwarded:-- _Notes on the Human Remains._ By Professor BUSK, F.R.S. § 1. INTRODUCTION. The remains discovered in the sepulchral cave at Perthi-Chwareu, according to a list furnished by Mr. Boyd Dawkins, are as under; but I believe this catalogue does not include all that were found in the locality.[102] 1. Eleven more or less perfect skulls, some, however, represented by mere fragments. 2. Twelve mandibles. 3. Seven arm-bones or _humeri_--four right and three left. 4. Six _ulnæ_. 5. Twenty-two thigh-bones, including five pairs, five odd ones of the right side, and seven of the left; and amongst them are three of very young children. 6. Seventeen _tibiæ_ or leg-bones, nine of the right and eight of the left side, and apparently none of them in pairs; so that there must probably have been a good many more. 7. Eight _astragali_. 8. Nine _calcanea_, or heel-bones. The number of individuals, therefore, whose relics were deposited in this cavern could not have been less than sixteen, and may have been many more. They appear to have been of all ages and of both sexes. Of the other bones of the skeleton, of which there must have been abundance, I have received no information. In the Cefn Cave there were discovered:-- 1. One mandible. 2. One _humerus_. 3. Two _ulnæ_. 4. A pair of thigh-bones. 5. A pair of leg-bones. and in the tumulus:-- 1. Portions of seven skulls. 2. Two right _humeri_. 3. A pair of _ulnæ_. 4. A right _femur_. From St. Asaph the only bone that has come under my observation is a single _calvaria_. § 2. DESCRIPTION OF THE BONES FROM THE CAVERN AT PERTHI-CHWAREU.