164 MAN AND APES. 



approximation in length of the great toe to 

 the absolutely longest toe ; (7) the height of 

 the frontal lobe of the cerebrum. On the 

 other hand, the Chimpanzee differs from man 

 more than do any of the latisternal apes in 

 that the leg and foot (taken together) are so 

 short compared with the length of the spine. 

 Besides this, as we have seen in several 

 important characters, the Chimpanzee is less 

 human than is one or other of the Simiince. 

 Such characters are, e.g., the number of the 

 lumber vertebra, the shape of the blade-bone, 

 of the sacrum, &c, &c. 



The Orang is most like man in (1) the 

 development of the beard in the males ; 



(2) in the development of the styloid process ; 



(3) in the length of the leg and foot taken 

 together compared with that of the back- 

 bone ; (4) in the length of the crest of the 

 ilium ; (5) in the development of the spine of 

 the ischium ; (6) in the length of the foot 

 compared with that of the hand ; (7) in the 

 relative height of the cerebrum ; (8) in the 



