ANATOMICAL OBSERVATIONS ON A COLLECTION OFORANG SKULLS FROM WESTERN BORNEO; WITH ABIBLIOGRAPHY. By Ales Hrdlicka,Assistant Curator, Divisio)i of Physical Antliropology . INTRODUCTION.In January, 1906, the L^nited States National Museum received fromDr. W, L. Abbott !^6 orang- skulls, !24 of which were collected along- theSakaiam River, in Landak, western Borneo, the remaining- two being-from the Landak River, in the same region. The Sakaiam is a largetri))utary of the lower Kapuas; it flows from the southern slopes ofthe elevations that form the southwestern boundary of Sarawak, andjoins the Kapuas at Sangou, very near the ecjuator and at about 110^ ?10' east longitude.Doctor Abbott's collection of orang skulls is probably the largest3^et made in that region. Selenka's great collection in Munich includes22 "Landak" orang skulls, but the exact location is not given; therest of Selenka's abundant material was derived eiitirel}' from the ter-ritory of the Ketungan stream, lying- considerably to the northeastwardof the Sakaiam.Only four of Doctor Abbott's specimens are fresh, the apes havingbeen killed by his hunters; the expedition was made in the dry season,after the orangs had abandoned the lowlands along the I'ivers, wherethe wild fruits had become exhausted. The additional crania wereobtained from a Dyak house, where, according to the custom of thenatives, they had lieen hung up as trophies, the animals having- beenkilled, cooked, and eaten. Most of these older specimens were onlyslightly damaged and remain fit for study. No one of the skulls isaltered through any pathological condition.Anatomical description of the above-named specimens seems desira-ble for several reasons. This is a large collection from a limited local-ity, representing, very probably, one species or "race'' of the apes.The results of the study should contribute to the anatomical knowledgeof orang crania in general, augment the value of the data accumulated Proceedings U. S. National Museum, Vol. XXXI?No. 1495. 539 540 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. xxxi.by Diimortior, Dolisle, Owen, Seletika, A\'!iIkhotf, etc.. for anthropo-logical comparisons, and also form a basis for the collation of orangskulls from other localities.The (}Ucstion as to which species of orangs the crania belong must forthe present remain unanswered, on account of the existing uncertain-ties as to the species-distinguishing marks on the skull. Presumably, .the animals are nearest related to the "Landak race" of Selenka.The technical terms in the description are those that are in generaluse in craniometry and anatom3\'^'OBSERVATIONS.A(/e.?The tirst problem in the examination of Doctor A))bott'sseries was how to determine the fulh^ adult skulls from those ofyounger animals. It was found that:(1) No reliance can be placed on the condition of the sutures of thecranial vault as indicative of age. The lambdoid and then the sagit-tal, both of whicii in man remain open long into adult life, in theorangs begin to svnostose even before the completion of the seconddentition; and the coronal, in its superior half, soon follows in occlu-sion upon the sagittal suture. The inferior portion of the coronal andthe temporo-parietal articulation are more stable and become fullyoblitei-ated only about the time when other signs indicate that thegrowth of the animal has been completed. Thus it is onl}^ the stateof these last two sutures that may aid in determining the adult period.(2) The facial sutures remain patent longer than most of those ofthe cranial vault. The first to synostose is the intermaxillary artigida-tion, the next those of the malar Ijone, and last of all the nasal, andpieces of one or two orbital sutures. The closure of the intermaxil-lar}" articulation precedes the attainment of full growth; that of themalar sutures is about cotemporary; while parts of the nasal articida-tions and an orbital segment or two may persist open for some timeafter the adult stage of life has l)een attained.(3) Obliteration of the basilar suture seems to correspond veryclosely with the reaching of full growth, and, as in man, it will befound of all the signs the most reliable in separating adult fromyounger orang crania.( t) The completion of the second dentition in oi'angs is not a criterion .that the adult life has ))een reached, for it takes place before the fullgrowth of the animal is achieved. The wear and pitting of the teethbegin also during adolescence, soon after the eruption of the thirdmolars.(5) In males the fusion of the temporal ridges and the formationtherefrom of a sagittal crest appear to correspond closely with reach- ? "See Quain's or Cunningham's Anatomy, or Topinard's Anthropology. NO. 1495. OBSERVATIONS ON ORANQ SKULLS?HRDLICKA. 541ing the adult stage. In females this sign is much less accentuated andis not to be relied upon.By the above distinguishing marks Doctor Abbott's collection isseparable into one 3"oung, twelve adolescents, and thirteen adults.Among the adolescents the second dentition (82 teeth) is fully com-pleted in ten: while in two (Cat. Nos. 14218:^>, and l-l:220()), the thirdmolars are still wholly in their sockets. Of the adult crania severalshow signs of aging, but none of advanced senility.Sex.?The principal signs which characterize the adult male orangskulls are a relatively greater size of the crania, great canine teeth,and a pronounced sagittal crest; while the jaws, particularly the lower,the malars, zygomatic processes, supraorbital ridges, lambdoid crest,and the face, vault, and base as a whole, are larger and heavier thanin the females. Judging by these characteristics, the collection con-tains thirteen male and eleven female skulls; in one specimen (Cat.No. 142184), after repeated examinations, the sex remains doubtful.The angle of the lower jaw,'^' which in man is a good sexual character,can not be much relied upon in differentiating oran^" skulls, as will beseen from the foliowino- table:Mimdihular (nujle in orang.^. Cat. No. 542 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. VOL. .X.XXI.CRANIAL CAPACITY.The crjinial cavity appears to have reached the luiiit of its expansionin nearly all the specimens, so that it is not necessary to exclude morethan one (Cat. No. 142171) from comparison.The method used in determining the capacity was that described b}"the writer on a former occasion," and the results correspond closeh'with the absolute volume of the cranial cavity. To insure accuracyfour determinations were made on each skull. The results were asfollows: Cranial capacity. Cat. No. NO. 1495. OBSERVATIONS ON ORANG SKULLS?HRDLICKA. 543Welcker/' one orang, adult, 460 cc. ; one orang, nearly adult, 450cc. ; one orang, adult, 390 cc.Bischoti'/^ one orang, adult, 575 cc. ; one orang, adult, 370 cc. ; 1orang, adult, 325 cc.Topinard,'' three orangs, males, adult, 439 cc. (433-478 cc); oneorang, female, adult, 418 cc.Vogt,^ eight orangs, males, 448 cc. (390-500 cc); seven orangs,females, 378 cc. (335-425 cc).Delisle,'' first, 385 cc. ; second, 470 cc. ; third. 475 cc. ; fourth, 430 cc. ; fifth, 410 cc; sixth, 395 cc; seventh, 445 cc; eighth, 390 cc; ninth,340 cc. ; tenth, 355 cc./Selenka's measurements are as follows: Selenka's measurements of the cranial capacity. 544 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. VOL. XXXI.On combining' thet*e data on cranial capacit}' in full-grown orangs iti.s found that the measurement ranges in the males from 355 (Delisle)to 540 (Abbott) and even 575 (Bischott), and in the females from 300(Selenka) to 490 (Selenka), which is a great variation. The greatestand smallest capacities in the Abbott series are not attended with anyother structural peculiarities which would point to animals belongingto distinct species, and must be ascri))ed solely to individual diversit3\LINEAR DIMENSIONS AND FORM OF THE SKULL.Measurements of the cranial vault in orangs and pai'ticularly in themales otier difficulties which are not encountered in man. The regionabove the nasal bone, corresponding in part to the human glabella,varies much even in the same sex and is not suitable for the anteriorstarting point of the long diameter of the vault. The point choseninstead was the intersection of the median line with a horizontalline obtained b}^ passing the rod of the sliding compass down thefrontal bone until it rested on the orbital arches. This point marksver}^ nearly the anterior boundary of the vault, and corresponds closeh'to Broca's ophryon as well as to the point from winch S-hwalbe,Selenka, and Kohlt>rugge measured. The length was measured fromthat ad md.rliinim^ which generally corresponds to some point on thevertical occipital ridge. The breadth was the greatest diameter at theheight of the temporo-parietal sutures, the temporal bone lielowexpatiding in thickness and rendering all measurements over it imprac-ticable. Selenka" measured the breadth in nuich the same maimer.The height taken was the standard one, basion to bregma (or wherecrest existed to its base over bregma). The following table gives theresults of these measurements:Cranial raeai^urements.Male orangs. Cat. No. 142183 .14219.5 .142188 .142200 .142197 .142180 .142181 .142196 .142198 .142194 .142192 .142199 .142189 . Length. Breadth, Cm.11.813.012.3{?')12.1(?)11.912.112.612.312.712.112.4 Cm.10.211.210.210.010.310.09.49.710.09.710.09.89.4 Length-breadthIndex(length =100). Average. 12. .5R*i"^e { 11;8 10.09.41L2 80.075.886.4 Height. Cm.9.3bll.511.19.4(?')(?)9.5(?)10.39.5 '' 10.''9.6 ''9.29.99.211.5 Female orangs. Cat. No. Length. 142201142202142193142170142169142185142187142182142190142186142191 Cm.12.011.311.211.211.311.511.211.511.211.711.8 11.411.212.0 Breadth. Length-breadthindex Height,(length =100).Cm.9.89.29.29.29.38.99.19.89.29.69.5 9.3 81.781.482.182.182.377.481.285. 2 82.182.080.5 81.777.485.2 Cm.9.2(?)9.19.39.29.48.88.99.08.68.7 9.08.69.4 b Approximately. ''Studien ueber Entwickelung-sgesehichte der Tiere, 1898, pp. 22, 23. NO. 1495. OBSERVATIONS ON ORANG SKULLS?HRDLICKA. 545The data show, in confonriity with those on capacit}', that in orang-sthe cranial vault g-rows veiy little after the eruption of the third per-manent molars. The cranial index in half of the males and nearly allthe females is moderateh' brachjcephalic, in the other half of the malesand one female mesocephalic. The predominance of moderate ))rach3'-cephaly agrees with former observations. In the males the indexappears to decrease somewhat with growth, which is largel}" due tothe increasing thickness of the vertical occipital ridge; in the femalessuch diU'erence is not noticeable. The height shows a reciprocal com-pensation with the breadth. On the average, the female skull is bothabsolutely and relativel}' lower than that of the male. (Height-lengthindex, male 81, female TS; Height-breadth index, male H9, female 1>6.)The range of variation, except with the cephalic index in the males,can not be regarded as excessive.MEASUREMENTS OF THE FACE.The lower jaw attains in tlie males remarkable proportions, showingat the same time more variation than does that of the females. Theheight of the svmphysis, from the highest point of the alveolar processin the median line perpendicularly downward," measured as follows: Cat. No. 546 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM.ments are used extensively in iinthropometiy and their relation/'facial heiffht, upper, X 100\ . ^, i^ ? i ? j ,- i^ i,( ?y. r^?-?^^.. ) ffives the upper racial index or Koll-V diam. biz3^^omatic max. / ^ ^^mann. Doctor A-bbott's series of orangs shows in these particulars asfollows: Facial dimensions.Male orang.s. NO. 1495. OBSERVATIONS ON ORANG SKULLS?HRDLICKA. 547 cavity. The maximum of the protrusion is reached with the comple-ion of the second dentition; and contrary to what is observed in man,but in accord with the differences in the size of the teeth, the prog-nathism is generally greater in the male. The next table gives thegnathic index of the various skulls, obtained bj" the method of Flower/basi-alveolar length X 100^^ basi-nasal length 548 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. VOL. XXXI. Measurements of orbits.Male orangs. NO. 1495. OBSERVATIONS ON ORANG SKULLS?HRDLICKA. 549The forehead, while more or les.s sloping- backward, shows alwaysa good median convexity; in the old males, however, this is nearlyobscured by the approximated and prominent temporal ridges.The features of the vault of paramount interest are the temporalridges, and the various aspects under which they were found gave riseto much confusion in the earlier contributions on orang craniology andorang species. Doctor Abbott's series of crania shows clearly manyimportant points concerning these features. Up to the completion ofpermanent dentition the temporal lines are seen to be well apart all alongthe median line and resemble in every way those in man. During lateadolescence, however, these ridges show a rapid approach toward theinterparietal articulation and develop into lines of pronounced rough-ness in the females and into irregularly elevated ridges in the males.In most females they evolve no further than just indicated (as, forexample, in Nos. 142193, 142169, 142185, 142186, and 142191), but insome they approach near to junction in the median line (No. 142190),and in othiu's the}^ join for a variable distance from the vertex to theobelion and form a single, low (1 to 8 mm.), sagittal crest, which some-times shows b}" a median groove the line of previous separation (Nos.142170, 142187, and 142182). In males of this series the junction ofthe advancing rough lines or ridges has taken place in all that reachedvery near or into adult life (Nos. 142181 to 142189), forming eventu-all}" a pronounced sagittal crest which extends over a part of the frontalbone, rises at its highest point to from 1 to 2 cm. in height, and offersa greatly enlarged surface for the attachment of the temporal muscles.The gradual advance mesiad of the two temporal rid^-es with thedevelopment of the muscles of mastication, the formation at last of thesingle crest, and the complete disappearance of all traces of the earlierridges over the parietal bones, constitute a series of the most interesting-phenomena in the morpholog}' of the orang skull; and they throw atthe same time light on the origin and significance of those abnormallyhigh temporal ridges met with in other animals, and occasionally in thehuman cranium."The Jamhdofd crests^ serving for the attachment of temporal as wellas occipital muscles, develop in both sexes of orangs much earlierthan the sagittal. They reach jointly from mastoid to mastoid, form-ing at lambda a pronounced, rough, triangular tuberosity. In malesthese crests also, like the sagittal ones, reach much greater propor-tions than in females. Thej" cause a verv early closure of the lamb-doid suture.The vertical occipital ridge js comparatively moderate, probablynever rising above 4 mm. above the surface of the neighboring bone,and usually being lower. It is more developed in the males. ?See A Painted Skeleton from Northern Mexico, by the present writer, AmericanAnthropologist, u. s.. Ill, September-December. 1901. 550 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. xxxi.The supraorbital ivdges^ pronounced in both sexes, are seldom veryheavy. They show a marked difference from those in man, consisting-in their tapering toward the median line and enlarging- outward, upto the malo-frental suture; in man these ridges are generalh" mostpronounced in their mesial extremity and taper outward.The sutures ofthe vault show well-developed, often very fine and com-plex (sagittal and Ikmbdoid), serration. The coi'onal, the most simple,presents below its middle, in nearh' every case where the oliliteration isnot too advanced, a backward incurvation or angle, the sign of a fetalfontanel and a still earlier developmental separation in this location.^'The general order of si/nostoK/.s in the sutures of the A'ault is lamb-doid, sagittal (the two may coincide), coronal, temporo-occipitai,temporo-parietal.Sutural and fontanel ossicles occur not infrequentlj', but seem to belimited to th(^ posterior part of the skull. There were found severalsmall ones in each asterion in No. 14220J; one at right asterion in No.142195; one in each temporo-occipitai in No. 142200; one in righttemporo-occipitai and one in lambdoid in 142171; three in right andtwo in left temporo-occipitai in No. 142169; several small in righttemporo -parietal in No. 142186. Several of the male and three of thefemale skulls showed advanced obliteration, which involved an}' acces-sory bones which may have existed.In the skull with uncertain sex (No. 142184) there are two suturalbones in the sagittal and one ossicle in each lambdoid articulation, andseveral in and about each asterion. Other larger sutural l)ones existedin this specimen along the sagittal, l)ut their boundaries are partlyobliterated; a persisting incomplete boundarj- of one near bregmalooks at first sight like a partial parietal suture. Apparently therewere in this skull disorders in ossilication.No form oi parietal division exists in any of the twenty-four skulls.As to pterion the conditions are as follows: Male. Female.Parieto-sphenoidal artit'ulation, both slides 6 5Parieto-sphenoidal articulation, right side 2Fronto-temporal articulation, both sides .3Fronto-temporal articulation, left side. 2Unrecognizable because obliteration 4 1The skull of uncertain sex (No. 142184) shows also a bilateral parieto-sphenoidal articulation. The H pterion therefore, or the form whichis general in man, occurs also in a very large majority (80 per cent ofall the nonobliterated articulations) * of these orangs. ""'For details concerning this feature and bibliography, see A. Hrdlicka, Divisionsof the Parietal Bone in ]Man and Otlier Mammals, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., XIX,1903, pp. 231-383.^Anoutchin (Bull. Soc. d'Anthrop., 1878, p. 332) in 65 orang crania found thefronto-temporal articulation on one or both sides in 29.2 per cent of the skulls. DoctorAbbott's collection, reported in similar way, shows the condition in 27.3 per cent ofthe skulls?results remarkablv alike. NO. 1495. OBSERVATIONS ON ORANG SKULLS?HRBLICKA. 551The mastoid is differentiated, though less so than in man; it is alsolarger in the males.Facialfeatures.?The nasal bone is in all the specimens single, but inseveral of the youngest skulls there can be traced a former median ver-tical fissure. In several cases the free border shows two lateral fissures,but these have nothing to do with an original, central separation oftwo nasal components. The })one varies more than any other part ofthe face in shape and breadth, though in general it tapers from belowupward, with a constriction (in most specimens) near the middle. Inone of the series it is quite rudimentary (fig. 1).Selenka found various grades of deficiency to acomplete absence of these bones in several of hisspecimens.''The nose as a whole is leptorhynic, due to theheight of the face. The aperture in the nearlygrown-up and adult animals difi^ers in shape fromverticall}" elliptical to nearly triangular; it variesin breadth in the adults from 2.5 to 3.2 cm. in themales and from 1.9 to 2.5 cm. in the feuiales. Theso-called simian gutters do not occur in the young-est female, but in the other specimens are generallypresent, though shallow. The inferior Iwundar}^of the nose is mostly widely convex, but in severalspecimens (as, for instance, in No. 112199) it islimited by an easil}" appreciable ridge.Nearly all of the specimens show a more or less pronounced eleva-tion corresponding to, and very evidently morphologically identicalwith, the nasal spine in human skulls.'' This elevation is particularlyprominent (over 3 mm, high) in the female orang (No. 112109), beingfully as large and well formed as in occasional human crania (fig. 2).The malar l)ones were examined particularl}" for divisions, but nota trace was found of either sutures or fissures. There was also acomplete absence of the maxillary and zygomatic processes which, asW. Gruber first pointed out, in man frequently extend over the ven-tral surface of the malar, occasionally forming a complete bony arc.In No. 112169, however, are present on the right side two good-sizedaccessory ossicles, one in the zygomatic and the other at the inferiorextremity of the malo-maxillary articulation (fig. 3).''The symph3^sis of the lower jaw'^ is invariabh^ receding from above ? Menschenaffen, pp. 48, 49. ^ Concerning this point see particularly E. T. Hamy, De I'epiue nasale dans I'ordredes primate?, Bull. Sue. d'Anthropol. de Paris, IV, 1869, pp. 13-28.'Compare W. Gruber, in the Arch. f. Anat., Physiol., etc., 1873, p. 337.f'For detail discussion on the mandible of apes see O. Walkhoff, Der Unterkieferdes Anthropomorphen und des Menschen in seiner funktionellen Entwickelung undGestalt, in Pt. 4 of Selenka' s Studien u. Entwickelungsgeschichte d. Tiere, Wies-baden, 1902. Fig. 1. ? Rudimentarynasal bone in thefemale adult orang.(Cat. No. 142191 U.S.N.M.) (Exact size). 552 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM.downward, but the grade of the obliquit}" differs. The cause of thisslope is, to a large extent, the great development of the alveolarprocess, itself due in turn to the size of the teeth. Properly speak-ing, we have here a high degree of mandibular prognathism. Thehorizontal rami pass l)ackward with a moderate divergence, but the -SKI'LL of female ORAN(i SHOWINT; NASAI. SPINE (Cat. No. 112U'i9 T'.S.X.M.l-tWO rows of teeth, to connect with those of the upper jaw, run nearl}'or entirely in parallel lines. This gives to each of the horizontalbi'anches a rather pronounced twist, well seen from above, and addsmuch to tlie thickness of the upper border l>ehind the second molars. NO. 1495. OBSERVATIONS OX ORANG SKULLS?HRDLICKA. 553The vertical ramus in the females approaches in form the same partof the human jaw; in males the posterior border shows a markedrou^h curve or process, produced by the attachment of the powerfulinternal pter^^goid muscle and the stylo-mandibular lio-anient.Base of the skull.?The palate approaches ov^oid in form?narroweroehind than in front, or it is elliptical, or U-shaped. The intermaxil-laries are still wholly separated in No. lil:2171, and the palatal part oftheir articulation is more or less visible in all the adolescents. Thenares are spacious, of somewhat greater height than breadth. Theexternal pterygoid plates are everted; the pterygoid fossa is some-times deep (as, for instance, inNo. 142192); sometimes veryshallow (as in the case ofNo. 142195). The glenoidsare broad and shallow, and arebounded externally by thelarge zj'gomatic tuberosity,posteriorly by a well devel-oped post-glenoid process, andmesially by a pronouncedtuberosity, formed by thatpart of the temporal whichlies next to the petrous Ijone.This elevation, but feebl}' rep-resented in human crania,seems to take in part the placeof the spinous process, whichin the orangs is nearly orwholly absent. The eminen-tia articularis is very low.The floor of the auditor'}^meati shows no dehiscence.The surface of the basilar process is, viewing the base of the skullfrom a])ove, generally on a lower level than the more elevated partsof the petrous portions of the temporal; and these portions extendforward well upon the body of the sphenoid, leaving only a small side-slit for the middle lacerated foramen. These two features, to whichthe writer briefl}^ drew attention before." constitute a very good indexof the relative development of the brain and skull. In an intellectualwhite man the petrous portions, looked at from above, are decidedlysunken below the level of the neighboring parts, which ofl'ered less ? Certain Racial Characteristics of the Base of the Skull. (Abstract.) Kept.Section Anthropology and Psychology, N. Y. Acad. Sci., Science, Feb. 22, 1901. p. MOO. Fig. 3. ? The right molar of female oeang (Cat. Nd.142169 U.S.N.M.), showing accessory ossicles at .(? and y. 554 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. resistance than these hard wedges to the expansion of the brain; andthe middle hicerated foramina are large, through the spreading of thesurrounding parts, Avhile the petrous bones remained stationary. Inthe African blacks the petrous portion and surface of neighboringbones are often on the level and the middle lacerated space is small,while in the Indians, brown, and some 3'ellow races the conditions aremostly between those of the white and black. The whole process ofthe changing relations and gradual enlargement of the middle perfo-rated space can be studied in whites alone from childhood to adultlife. In all the apes and monkeys and in other mammals the middleperforated space is insignificant and the relative elevation of thepetrous portions equals or exceeds that in the orangs.There are present in a number of the skulls distinct styloids. Thedetail conditions in this respect are as follows:Styloids.Male orangs. NO. 149.5. OBSERVATIONS OX ORANG SKULLS?HRDLICKA. 555The po.sterior cond\'loid fonimiiia. such as occur somewhat irreou-larly in man and each of wliich transmits a vein from the lateralsinus, are absent in the orangs. There are, near the usual location ofthese foramina in a number of the skulls ver\' small siuolo orifices,usually less than 1 millimeter in diameter, l)ut these are only theo})eninos of the canals of nutrient vessels. The posterior condvloidfossa, however, and the groove leading from it to the anterior condy-loid depression, are invariably well repi-esented. particulai'ly .so in themale skulls.The articular surface of the condyles, often doul)le in man, is singlein all these specimens.The foramen magnum diti'ers greatly in size and shape, as will bestbe seen from the following figures: Mt'd^nnriinnils of ((miiiieu incu/iiHtn.Male orangs. 556 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. xxxi.smooth. Tho lower portion of the Mietopic crest is, in a large propor-tion of the skulls. al)sent or nearly so, the ethmoid depression is verydeep, the crista g-alli insignificant, though not wholly wanting. Theoutline of a horizontal plane of the skull above the orbits is nicelyovoid, dirt'ering from that in man by greater convergence of the parie-ties toward the median line in front; in other words, the frontal region Fig. 4.?Skull of m.\le orang (Cat. No. 142198 U.S.N.M.). ?, Arch in the dorsum sell.?: /COMPLETE KEXE.STRUM .\BOUT THE GASSERIAX GANGLION. of the orang brain is more pointed tlian in man. In the gibbon andlower primates this condition is still more accentuated.The spinous foramen is absent; it is merged with the foramen o\ale,which is spacious.The middle and posterior clinoids, and in some cases the anteriorones also, are united l)y a bridge which completes a large pituitar}'foramen. In six cases only is this union wanting and in two others itis on one side incomplete. The dorsum selhe is in seventeen skulls (11 NO. 1495. OBSERVATIONS ON ORANG SKULLS?HRDLICKA. 557 males, 6 females) an arch over a large foramen (see fig. 4^/), in six (1male, 5 females) it consists only of two diverging lamina^ with widemesial separation, and in one case (female, No. 142201) there are or\\jtraces of even these lamina?.The lateral borders of the dorsum sella^ or its components, articulateat their base, in many of the specimens, with a process from the pointof the petrous part over a quite spacious canal for the inferior petrosalsinus; and a little farther laterad the free superior border of the petrousbone shows a marked oval depression for the Gasserian ganglion.This hollow is more pronounced than in man; in some of the speci- ^IG. 5.?Skull of female fiRAxo (Cat. No. iji'ito U.S.N.M.), showing a DonxiTTiox ix size ofTHE MOLARS FROM THE FIRST BACKWARDS.mens projecting spicuhe from the superior border of the pc^trous boneconvert it into an incomplete foramen; and in one case (No. 142198)there is on the right side a union of these processes, from whichresults a complete spacious bony fenestrum (fig. 4/'). This feature,so far as the writer could find, has not been reported previously eitherin apes or man.The teeth.?Orang teeth in general have been studied thoroughly bySelenka,'^' and there will be added in this place only a fe^v particulars.The male teeth are all larger than the corresponding ones of the ? Menschenaffen, p. 57 et seq. 558 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. xxxi.females and the latter also approach more the human form. In someof the females (as, for instance. No. 142170) the upper molars diminishver}^ perceptibly from the first to the third and are also not far from NO. 1495. OBSERVATIONS ON ORANG SKULLS?HRDLICKA. 559in one the rij^lit third lower molar seems to be permanently wanting.Among the 12 males and 10 females with full second dentition theconditions are as follows: Dentition. 560 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. VOL. XXXI.The .study of orano- crania as a whole inipresse.s one with the highdegree of individual variation and with the role played by the musclesand teeth in modifying various parts. As both of these agencies aremainly connected with the kind of food, the plausible suggestion forcesitself upon the mind that a prolonged change, la.sting- through a num-l)er of generations, to food requiring much less mastication should Fig. v.?.Mandible of adult male orang (Cat. No. 1421S1 U. S. N. M.). x, A supernumerary tooth;//, IRREGULARITY OF THE PREMOLARS. THE RIGHT RAMUS EXHIBITS ONLY TWO MOLARS.greatly modify the whole orang skull. It should also })ring it nearerto the human type, for the features by which the orang cranium differsmost from the human are with few exceptions exactly those producedby greater teeth and nmscles of mastication.As this paper goes to print word is received from Doctor Abbottof a shipment to the National Museum of further material, consist-ing of eighteen crania and skeletons of orangs from Sumatra; these NO. 1495. OBSERVATIONS ON ORANG SKULLS?HRDLICKA. 561ought to prove of great interest in connection Avith the Borneo materialhere described. ,,.,,? uAn endeavor has ])een made by the writer to collect tlie bibliographyof writings relative to or dealing with orang craniology . This proved FIG. S.-MANDIB,.E OF FEMALE OKANG (Cat. NO. 142198 U.S.N.M.) , SHOWING A RrDIMENTARV FOURTHMOLAR l)N THE LEFT.to be an arduous tasl^, though the number of larger contributions tothe subject is limited. The following pages contain all the works thatcould be personally examined, and there were only a few obscuretitles where this was not possible :BIBLIOGRAPHY.Abel, C. Some Account of an Oran-Ontang of Remarkable Height Found on theIsland of Sumatra, etc. Asiat. Researches, XV, Serampore, 1825, pp. 489-498;also Edinburgh Jour, of Science, IV, 1826, pp. 193-200; Calcutta GovernmentGazette, 13 Jan., 1825.Proe. N. INI. vol. xxxi?OG 37 562 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. xxxi.Aeby, C. Die Schiidelformen des Menschen und der Affen. Leipzig, 1867. Ref. inAlbum d. iiatuur, 1867, Wetensch. bijbl., pp. 84-85. . Beitriige zur Kenntniss der Microcephalie. Arch. f. Anthropol., VII, 1874,p. 199.AiGNER, F. Ueber die Scheitelbeine des Menschen und des Orang-Utang. Inaug.-Diss., Miinchen, 1900 (251 pp.).Alessandrini, a. Brevi note illustrative di uno scheletro di giovine Orang-Outang.Nuovi Ann. d. sc. natur., Bologna, 3. sen, IX, 1854, pp. 353-363.Allman, The Malay Archipelago. 3d ed., 1872, pp. 35-64.Waruschkin, a. Ueber der Profilirung des Gesichtsschiidels. Arch. f. Anthrop.,XXVI, 1899, pp. 373-448.Webb (?). Dents chez I'homme et les singes anthropoides. London, 1860.Wieger, G. Schiidel und Skelette der anthrojioiden Affen. Anthropol. Samml. d.anat. Inst. d. Univ. Bresl., 1884. Bound with Arch. f. Anthrop., XV, Braun-schweig, 1885, pp. 39-45.Wiegmann, a. F. a. Berichte iiber den Leistungen im Felde der Zoologie wiihrenddes Jahres 1835 und 1836. Arch. f. Naturgeschichte, I, Berlin, 1837, pp. 146-149.Wilson W?. Sur les caracteres des deux cranes d'Ourang-Outang. L'Institut, IV,1836, pp. 216.Wormes, E. Descriptio physiologico-anatomica cranii simia? satyri. Berlin, 1823.Zaborowski, S. Histoire de la connaissance relativement aux grands singes dansI'antiquite et au moyen age. Rev. internat. d. sc, VI, 1880, pp. 539-552.ZucKERKANDL, E. Das periphere Geruchsorgan der SJiugethiere. Stuttgart, 1887,pp. 67-71.For other notes on Orang- crania see general works on zoology andcomparative anatomv.