OUR FACE FROM FISH TO MAN 



to its height and as a whole is essentially indentical 

 (Fig. 84B) with that of foetal chimpanzees and 

 gorillas. This fact, together with a multitude of 

 similar ones, establishes the relatively close rela- 

 tionship between man and the existing anthropoids ; 

 it also indicates that in the shape of its nose the 

 common ancestor of man and the anthropoids was 

 far more like a gorilla than like a white man. 



According to Professor Schultz, even unborn 

 foetuses show wide differences in the form of the 

 nose, but in general, babies have wide short noses 

 with very low bridges. In the negro pygmy 

 represented in Fig. 89 A the nose has remained in 

 a low stage of foetal development {cf. Fig. 86D). 

 In the Mongolian race the infantile form of nose 

 tends to be retained in the adults. How then 

 does one baby grow up to have the famous figure-6 

 Jewish nose, another the V-shaped Alpine nose? 

 How did that pretty British girl acquire a nose 

 which has just the suspicion of an upturn at the 

 tip? Why do exceedingly tall men have very 

 long noses? Why do fat men often have inade- 

 quate juvenile noses? Of course it seems like a 

 truism to say that in thin sharp noses the vertical 



components of growth of the nasal septum have 



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