166 MAN AND APES. 



Some or other of the Gibbons are most like 

 man in (1) the breadth of the breast-bone ; 

 (2) the shortness of the cervical spinous 

 processes ; (3) the development of a " chin ; ' 

 (4) in the length of the leg, without the foot, 

 compared with that of the spine ; (5) the 

 length of the blade-bone compared with that 

 of the spine ; (6) the length of the haunch- 

 bone compared with that of the spine ; (7) 

 the breadth of the pelvis compared with the 

 length of the haunch-bone ; (8) in the length 

 of the femur compared with that of the spine ; 

 (9) the length of the femur compared with 

 that of the haunch-bone ; (10) the relative 

 slenderness of the thigh-bone; (11) the 

 length of the shin-bone compared with that 

 of the femur; (12) the length of the foot 

 compared with that of the leg; (13) in the 

 length of the foot compared with the tibia ; 

 (14) in the slenderness of the ancle; (15) in 

 the length of the great toe compared with 

 that of the whole foot; (16) the prominence 

 of the nose ; (17) the form of the stomach; 



