Abstract
IN 1908 the skeleton of a young man of the Mousterian or Neanderthal race was discovered by Otto Hauser in the lower cave of Le Moustier, in the Dordogne, and it was eventually purchased by the Museum fur Volkerkunde in Berlin. The specimen seems to have been disinterred without sufficient skill, and the skull was broken into many fragments. It was first studied by the late Prof. H. Klaatsch, who reconstructed the skull without much success. This reconstruction was improved in two later efforts in the Berlin Museum. A final attempt has now been made by Dr. Hans Weinert, in the light of the latest knowledge, and the result is described in detail in a small volume just published in Berlin. The work is beautifully illustrated with both photographs and diagrams, and includes an exhaustive revised table of measurements.
Der Schädel des eiszeitlichen Menschen von Le Moustier in neuer Zusammensetzung.
Von Dr. Hans Weinert. Pp. vi + 54. (Berlin: Julius Springer, 1925.) 6.60 gold marks.
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W., A. Der Schädel des eiszeitlichen Menschen von Le Moustier in neuer Zusammensetzung . Nature 116, 672 (1925). https://doi.org/10.1038/116672a0
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