104 MAN AND APES. 



the j^rojection and transverse convexity of the 

 bones of the nose. This convexity is quite 

 absent in the Chimpanzee and in most Gib- 

 bons. In the Orang these bones are exceed- 

 ingly small and flat, often even uniting into 

 one bone, or with the adjoining jaw-bones, if 

 indeed they are not altogether absent. 



In the Gorilla, on the other hand, they are 

 slightly convex transversely at their upper 

 part, so that here we seem to have evidence 

 of the predominant affinity of the Gorilla to 

 man. Further examination, however, shows 

 that this character can have no such meaning, 

 since a still more decided convexity is found 

 to exist in some Semnopitheci, and even in the 

 lowest Baboons. Moreover, in these Baboons 

 the nasal bones only become convex towards 

 maturity, being at first flat. This character 

 therefore can hardly have been at one time a 

 general one, now preserved only in a few 

 scattered forms. 



The relative length of the arm and hand, 

 when compared with that of the spine, is very 



