6 MAN AND APES. 



in the totality of his nature, because that is a 

 matter not to be settled without the interven- 

 tion of the philosopher and the psychologist. 

 The anatomist — as such, however wide and 

 detailed may be his acquaintance with different 

 animals — is necessarily incompetent to offer a 

 valid opinion on the subject. 



The matters to be here investigated concern 

 physical science only — facts of zoology and of 

 anatomy, together with the inferences which 

 may be drawn from them respecting man's 

 bodily structure. The questions, then, which 

 are to occupy us, are the following: 1. What 

 is the real zoological position and nature of 

 the Gorilla? 2. What are the degrees of 

 resemblance to man which the various kinds of 

 apes exhibit ? 3. What is the bearing of these 

 facts upon the doctrine of evolution (or deriva- 

 tion), as applied to man's body, including 

 the question as to the direction which the line 

 of genetic affinity seems to take in passing 

 from man through the apes to lower animals ? 

 Whatever existing species is most nearly 



