54 DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF MAN. 



Orang, for example, surpasses him both in strength and agility; and the 

 Gorilla, according to the statements of the Negroes who have encountered 

 it, is more than a match for any single man, and is almost certain to de- 



FIG. 12. 



Brain of Chimpanzee (Troglodytes). Left side. 



stroy any human opponent once within his grasp. The absence of any 

 natural weapons of offence, and of direct means of defence, are remarkable 

 characteristics of Man, and distinguish him not only from the lower Mam- 

 malia, but also from the most anthropoid Apes; in which it is obvious (both 

 from their habits and general organization) that the enormous canines have 

 no relation to a carnivorous regimen, but are instruments of warfare. On 

 those animals to which Nature has denied weapons of attack, she has be- 

 stowed special means either of passive defence, of concealment, or of flight; 



FIG. 13. 



Brain of Mandrill Baboon (Cynoccplialus). Left side. 



in each of which man is relatively deficient. Yet by the superiority of his 

 reason he has been enabled not only to resist the attacks of other animals, 

 but even to bring them into subjection to himself. His intellect can scarcely 

 suggest the mechanism which his hands cannot frame; and he bus devised 

 and constructed arms more powerful than those which any creature wields, 

 and defences so secure as to defy the assaults of all but his fellow-men. 

 37. Man is further remarkable for his extraordinary power of adaptation 



