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ANIMAL REMA<strong>IN</strong>S FROM THE EXCAVATIONS AT ANAU.<br />

Table of dimensions (in millimeters).<br />

I<br />

North Kurgan,<br />

Anau.<br />

Sus vitatus. Susscrofa,' Tunis SUS scrofa & At<br />

uis. palustlrs N '<br />

(Mus. Bern). (wild boa r). ((Mus. Bern). .> · ;'<br />

Skull.<br />

4-6ft. -8<br />

ft.+20ft.<br />

il<br />

Wild,<br />

Sumatra<br />

Tame,<br />

of the<br />

t Bat-<br />

taks.<br />

taks.<br />

!' {.)i V ).<br />

Mus. C:oll. Schloss- La -| £<br />

Bern. I Diuerst. berg. Tiene. 5 ,<br />

;~ ~ ~~( .,s'~ S rJ - ^:t<br />

Length from middle of occipital<br />

ridge to line of junction<br />

between anterior borders<br />

of orbits...........<br />

Length from same point to<br />

coronal suture...........<br />

Greatest width of frontal<br />

b on e .. ..... . . ...... ....<br />

Iength of frontal bone to<br />

line of junction between<br />

anterior borders of orbits..<br />

Height of fossa tenporalis<br />

Greatest occipital height..<br />

Least occipital height......<br />

Greatest occipital widthl .<br />

Least parietal width .......<br />

Greatest parietal width.....<br />

Width between anterior borders<br />

of orbits............<br />

Length from anterior to<br />

posterior border of orbit..<br />

ix6 125 ...<br />

51 1 54 55<br />

82<br />

120 IIX 113<br />

55<br />

127 ... .... I 99<br />

1 1 6<br />

53 46 56 36 38 35 40<br />

96 IoI 86 92 85 102 84 86 8i 102<br />

61 ...... 76 75<br />

32 .... ... 38 37<br />

92 .... 98.... 99<br />

62(?) ..... ... .... ..<br />

88 .... . ... ....<br />

32 .... \ . 33 34<br />

58 5 66 i58 54 58<br />

31 . ..... 34 33<br />

67<br />

32<br />

. .. .<br />

. .. .<br />

26<br />

53<br />

35<br />

73<br />

42<br />

1o6<br />

82<br />

123<br />

17<br />

78<br />

74<br />

38<br />

go<br />

90<br />

24<br />

32<br />

65<br />

go<br />

24<br />

69<br />

57<br />

25<br />

60<br />

55<br />

88<br />

23<br />

68<br />

60<br />

36 130<br />

64<br />

39<br />

102<br />

79<br />

110<br />

29<br />

81<br />

74<br />

31<br />

I.ower jaw.<br />

Anau.<br />

+12 to +24 +19 +26 ,<br />

i + 15 ft. ft. ft. ft. +2<br />

1903. Adult. Adult. Adult.<br />

Schlossherg. ind<br />

Vindonissa,<br />

No. 584. ~~No.<br />

58) 659. Roman timne.<br />

Wild pig<br />

of piledwellings.*<br />

Length of symphysis ......<br />

\Width of corlus between<br />

exterior borders of alveoles<br />

of tusks ........ .......<br />

Width between inner borders<br />

of same ......... .......<br />

Transverse diameter before<br />

premolar 2 ............. a<br />

Height of horizontal branch<br />

before premolar 3.........<br />

Height of horizontal branch<br />

behind molar 3...........<br />

Length of molar 3........<br />

Width of ascending branch..<br />

62<br />

45 ....<br />

25 ...<br />

34 .<br />

37 ....<br />

. . . . I 7<br />

.... ,3(<br />

.... 78<br />

62<br />

.... ,.... . ... 45<br />

. . . . . ... I . . I . . 311<br />

... .. ... . ... \ 34<br />

. . . . . . . . .. . . 3 .377<br />

45 50 47<br />

6 . . . . . . . . .<br />

65 70 69 i ....<br />

... 59 123-144<br />

... 442 ....<br />

.... ,3( O ....<br />

. I .. 33 . .<br />

.... 3 ....<br />

47 47 60<br />

26 30-31 43-46<br />

70 67 ..<br />

*After Riitimeyer.<br />

absolute certainty only by comparative experiments with living individuals of<br />

both of the respectively postulated ancestors. In the meantime we shall follow<br />

the recognized hypothesis of the majority of the authors, namely, that Sus<br />

palustris is derived from Sus vittatus, especially since this conception agrees with<br />

the requirements of our special case, and because, contrary to the requirements<br />

of Nehring's hypothesis, no remains of the large pig (presumably Sus scrofa ferus)<br />

are found in the lower strata. Notwithstanding the fact that the contemporary<br />

climatic conditions were favorable to the breeding of swine, they appear only

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