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Compared to prosimians (exclusive of Tarsius), there is 

 a drop in intensity in Callithrichidae, while with the excep- 

 tion of Ateles (3.49), the intensity values in other New World 

 monkeys slightly exceed the average. In Old World monkeys 

 the intensities are generally still higher. In Hylobates, as 

 already noted, there is a low intensity value. In great apes 

 are to be found consistently rather low values : Pongo, 3.01 ; 

 Gorilla, 2.94 ; Pan, 2.06. The total intensity in man is 1.14. 



Sole. The intensity values are almost invariably lower in 

 soles than in palms, as shown in figure 597 and as indicated in 

 the averages of the 23 genera 3.19 in the sole as compared 

 with 4.16 in the palm and in the more limited range of 

 plantar values. 



Total Paitcrn. Intensity 



PALMS 



SOLES 



The lower and upper extremes of total intensities in the 

 sole are 0.22 and 5.56, though the only instances where the 

 values are above 5.00 are found in Cercocebus (5.56), Galago 

 (5.25), and Papio (5.14). Unlike the placing of Homo with 

 reference to the palm, man is not included in the group of 

 minimum intensities, though the value is low (2.52). 



