+-------------------------------------------+----------+------------+ | | L. Ind. | Alt. Ind. | +-------------------------------------------+----------+------------+ | 1. From the Thames alluvium at Old Ford | ·792 | ·753 | | 2. From the same deposit at East Ham | ·774 | ·690 | | 3. From the same deposit at Battersea | ·763 | ·745 | | 4. From the same deposit at London Bridge | ·762 | ·611 | | 5. From tumulus at Stanshope | ·763 | ·684 | | 6. A Guanche skull | ·775 | ·737 | | 7. A Guanche skull | ·763 | ·684 | | 8. Cefn, St. Asaph’s | ·770 | ·702 | +-------------------------------------------+----------+------------+ The number is but small, it must be confessed, and perhaps hardly sufficient to do more than prove the rule; but still I think it will be found worth inquiry whether a departure from the rule in question was more frequent among the unmixed or little-mixed races of ancient times than it is amongst similarly unmixed races of the present day; and whether consequently its infraction in a considerable number of instances may or may not be indicative of a lower type, as which we are accustomed to regard the Tasmanian and Bushman races. _General Conclusions as to Human Remains._ The human remains in the caves of Perthi-Chwareu and Cefn, and in the cairn near the latter place, imply that the men to which they belonged were a short race, the tallest being about 5 feet 6 inches, and the shortest 4 feet 10 inches.[115] Their skulls are orthognathic,[116] or not presenting a lower jaw advancing beyond the vertical line dropped from the forehead; in shape ortho-cephalic, or subbrachy-cephalous, and of fair average capacity. The face was oval and the cheek-bones were not prominent. Some of the individuals were characterised by the peculiar flattening of shin (platycnemism), which probably stood in relation to the free action of the foot that was not impeded by the use of a rigid sole or sandal. This character, however, is neither peculiar to race, nor to be viewed as a tendency towards the simian type of leg. These conclusions, which Professor Busk has arrived at from the examination of the remains which were submitted to him, have been fully borne out by the numerous skeletons which have been subsequently discovered, both in the sepulchral caves at Rhosdigre and in a second chamber in the cairn of Tyddyn Bleiddyn near Cefn. CHAPTER VI. THE RANGE OF NEOLITHIC DOLICHO-CEPHALI AND BRACHY-CEPHALI.