Clodd, E: Primitive Man (Classic Reprint) -

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Excerpt from Primitive Man The anthropoid or man-like apes - the gibbon, orang-outang, chimpanzee, and gorilla - are man's nearest allies. Some of them resemble him more in one feature; some in another. The orang-outang has the most human-like brain; the chimpanzee has the most human-like skull and the more savage gorilla hasthe most human like feet and hands. Although the bones of a man cannot be mistaken for those of an anthro poid ape, the skeleton of each, bone for bone, are identical. If we compare the skull of a horse with a human skull, we find the same number of bones. And whether it be man, or ape, or horse, depends not on differences in the plan of the general skeleton, but in the proportions, as, for example, dealing only with the skulls of each, in the size of the brain -case and the face. For the. Comparisons of structure make clear that all difierences are of degree, not of kind. The lower apes vary more, especially in their brains, from the highest apes than these differ from man. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.