122 MAN AND APES. 



approach us most nearly in this proportion, 

 while, as regards the slenderness of the thigh- 

 bone, the Gibbons agree with us much more 

 than do the thick thigh-boned Orang, Chim- 

 panzee, and Gorilla. 



The " neck " of the thigh-bone (Fig. 52, A. 2) 

 is especially long and well defined in man and 

 in the latisternal apes, but the Gorilla in this 

 respect is the least human of the latter. 



The lower end of the thigh-bone of man is 

 distinguished by the much greater projection 

 downwards of its inner part {inner condyle). 

 It are not, however, the Simiince, but the 

 Spicier Monkeys, and some Baboons, which 

 in this character present the nearest resem- 

 blance to ourselves. 



The length of the shin-bone, compared 

 with that of the back-bone, is greater in man 

 than in any of the Old World apes, except 

 the Gibbons, in which its relative length is 

 even a little greater than in man. Some of 

 the Spider Monkeys resemble him in this 

 more than do any other Primates. 



