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Anyway, Neanderthal man never produced a second genius, so far as we can tell; and that is why, perhaps, his peculiar type of brow-ridge no longer adorns the children of men.

From Progress and History by Marvin, Francis Sydney

FACE: It is pentagonal in 4, and narrow with rather prominent brow-ridge in 1.

From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort)

There are the narrow head, low crown, and prominent brow-ridge as before, supplemented by the most extraordinary eye-holes that were ever seen, vast circles widely separated from each other.

From Anthropology by Marett, R. R. (Robert Ranulph)

The forehead is high, and the chin shapely, whilst neither the brow-ridge nor the lower jaw protrudes as in the Neanderthal type.

From Anthropology by Marett, R. R. (Robert Ranulph)