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SZALAY, in a critical note1 on my description of the Chesowanja australopithecine2, presents a reconstruction of the cranium. He postulates not only the lateral pressure that I assumed had acted on the specimen but also that the palate was pushed inferiorly and anteriorly, opening out a wedge in the maxillary region. Using this postulate he then makes a reconstruction by graphically removing this wedge and bringing the cut faces together.
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WALKER, A. Chesowanja Australopithecine. Nature 238, 108–109 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/238108a0
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