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back of the tongue (called circumvallate) more 

 resemble in arrangement even in the Gibbons 

 the same parts in man than they do in the 

 Chimpanzee, and very much more than in the 

 Gorilla. 



The Gibbons, however, differ from man and 

 from all the higher latisternal apes in having 

 a little conical bifid membrane developed be- 

 neath the tongue. 



On the other hand, the Gibbons have a 

 stomach which is very human, and a liver 

 which is more like the liver of man than is 

 that of any other animal whatever. 



The liver of the Orang and Chimpanzee is 

 not very different from that of man, but, 

 strange to say, in the Gorilla we meet with a 

 very degraded liver, and one formed on the 

 type of liver which exists in the lower 

 monkeys and the baboons — with the lobes 

 subdivided. 



The teeth of apes resemble those of man in 

 varying degrees, and the several resemblances 

 which may exist are by no means present at 



