162 MAN AND APES. 



Besides the highest apes, certain of the 

 lower and lowest forms have been seen to 

 merit our attention. 



The G-orilla resembles man more than does 

 any other latisternal ape in the following 

 points : — (1) The great hulk of its whole 

 body; (2) the possession of a lobule to the 

 ear ; (3) the prominence of the upper part 

 of the bones of the nose ; (4) the develop- 

 ment of a vaginal ridge beneath the skull on 

 each side; (5) the shape of the blade-bone; 

 (6) the relative length of the hand to the 

 spine ; (7) that of the fore-arm to the upper 

 arm ; (8) that of the thumb to the back-bone ; 



(9) that of the thumb to the whole hand ; 



(10) that of the ankle-bones to the whole 

 foot; (11) that of the great toe to the spine ; 

 (12) the length of the neck of the thigh-bone. 



The G-orilla differs more from man than do 

 any other of the broad-breastboned apes, in that 

 — (1) The bony muscular ridges on the skull 

 are enormously developed ; (2) the cerebrum 

 is of relatively small vertical extent; (3) the 



