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EVOLUTION AND GENETICS 



through the trees. So much has been said of the habits of these 

 apes, particularly of the chimpanzee and orang, that their intelli- 

 gence and imitativeness are almost common knowledge. The 



Fig. 112. — Gorilla. (From a specimen in the American Museum of Natural 

 History mounted by Carl E. Akeley. Through the courtesy of the Museum.) 



half-human antics of certain simian performers in the movies has 

 probably done more than anything else to acquaint man with these 

 interesting relatives, and there are numerous excellent accounts 

 of their structure and habits in print. 



