A History of Agriculture in India v1.c11.s3.8

v1.c11.s3.8

The profile of the skull has a characteristically shortened face, which is more upright than that of the apes; the brow-ridges are highly developed. The maximum volume of the brain-case of the large anthropoid apes is 480 cubic centimetres. The volume of the Australopithecine brain-case varies between 428 and 530 cubic centimetres. The Australopithecines were bipedal, and moved in more or less erect posture.