"At whatever conclusion we may arrive as to the origin of the man from
whence this fossil skull proceeded, we may express an opinion without
exposing ourselves to a fruitless controversy. Each may adopt the
hypothesis which seems to him most probable: for my own part, I hold it
to be demonstrated that this cranium has belonged to a person of
limited intellectual faculties, and we conclude thence that it belonged
to a man of a low degree of civilization: a deduction which is borne
out by contrasting the capacity of the frontal with that of the
occipital region.

"Another cranium of a young individual was discovered in the floor of
the cavern beside the tooth of an elephant; the skull was entire when
found, but the moment it was lifted it fell into pieces, which I have
not, as yet, been able to put together again. But I have represented
the bones of the upper jaw, Plate I., Fig. 5. The state of the alveoli
and the teeth, shows that the molars had not yet pierced the gum.
Detached milk molars and some fragments of a human skull proceed from
this same place. The Figure 3 represents a human superior incisor
tooth, the size of which is truly remarkable.*

[footnote] *In a subsequent passage, Schmerling remarks upon
the occurrence of an incisor tooth 'of enormous size' from
the caverns of Engihoul. The tooth figured is somewhat
long, but its dimensions do not appear to me to be
otherwise remarkable.

"Figure 4 is a fragment of a superior maxillary bone, the molar teeth of
which are worn down to the roots.