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ANTHROPOLOGY

which plausibly accounts for some of the peculiarities which differentiate the older fossil jaws from modern specimens.

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Fig. I.—Tracing showing size of Teeth in the lower jaw of Spy Skull (⁠2/3⁠). (After Fraipont.)

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Fig. 2.—Naulette Jaw—side view (⁠1/1⁠). (After M. Dupont.)

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Fig. 3.—Naulette Jaw—view from above (⁠1/1⁠). (After M. Dupont.)

Thus, in the dentition of the former, the third or last molar is the largest, whereas in the latter it is the smallest. This feature

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