The Evidence Furnished by Anthropology 



heavy and their canine tusks completely interlock. Their 

 skulls are thick and unfurrowed by the brain. Their thigh 

 bones are curved outwards and they cannot as yet walk erect. 

 The immediate ancestors of these great apes — the orang- 

 utan, the gibbon, gorilla and chimpanzee, have passed 

 through many changes — many steps in their ascent in the 

 tree of animal life in order to develop their present forms. 

 These great apes of the present day have many human char- 

 acteristics. They have largely the same body form, the same 

 number of muscles, bones, nerves and a similar composition 

 of blood. Harmonious blood transfusion may be made 

 between ape and man or man and ape but not with any of 

 the other mammal species. 



Many interesting stories are recorded of the habits and 

 customs of these great apes in their daily life; of their 

 throwing stones and sticks; of their vanity in decorating 

 their bodies; of their love and affection for each other; of 

 their methods of playing; of their limited and slow acting 

 powers of reason; of their hatred, rage, jealousy and many 

 other emotional characteristics the same as possessed by 

 man. They are near human but not human. Man has not 

 descended from either one of these but on the other hand, 

 he has traveled a similar road In his ascent. He has out- 

 distanced them all in his ascent. His ancestors have lived 

 as contemporaries with their ancestors. Man has developed 

 a larger brain, a chin, a larynx, a language, an erect body 

 position, a straighter big toe, a larger heel, more level teeth 

 and the powers of reason. The anatomical differences be- 

 tween man and the larger apes are slight but the size and 

 convolutions of the brain place man at the top of the tree 



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