132 MAN AND APES. 



The Orang has the shortest shin-bone, 

 compared with the upper arm-bone, and the 

 longest foot, compared with the leg, in the 

 whole order. It has the relatively shortest 

 and most imperfect hallux of any Primate ; 

 while in no other ape or Half-ape does the 

 length of the second toe so closely approach 

 that of the forefinger of the same individual. 



Estimated by the skeleton only, the Orang 

 cannot be said to approximate to man in any 

 supreme degree, although, as may be remem- 

 bered, several points have been mentioned 

 in which it is more human than in any other 

 latisternal ape. ..,...-, 



The Gorilla and Chimpanzee have been 

 seen to show many approximations to man as 

 regards the skeleton. In some respects one 

 species has been found to be the more man- 

 like; in other points the other species has 

 been so found. 



We have found that the Gibbons, one or 

 other of them, exhibit various skeletal cha- 

 racters more human than those presented by 



