INDEX 



Matthew, W. D., contributions to 

 palaeontology, 86; Eodelphis 

 named by, 47; evidence for 

 conclusions on ancestry of 

 placental mammals, 51 



Maxillae, series of ten skulls show- 

 ing their evolution. Fig. 50, 80 



Rhizodopsis 



PalcEogyrinus 



Seymouria 



Mycterosaurus 



Scymnognathus 



Ictidopsis 



Didelphys 



Notharctus 



Chimpanzee, female 



Man 



covered with skin in early 

 Amphibia, and reptiles, 130; 

 unite with premaxillae in 

 anthropoids and man, 87; 

 origin of, in crossopts, 130 

 of Baphetes, Fig. 63, 108 

 of Eusthenopteron, Fig. 63, 108 

 of Seymouria, 32 

 Maxilla, inferior, development in 

 late mammal-like reptiles, 90; 

 ascending ramus forms mam- 

 malian joint with the squa- 

 mosal, 87 

 of chimpanzee. Fig. 45, 71 

 of Cro-Magnon man. Fig. 45, 71 

 of Dryopithecus, Fig. 45, 71 

 of Heidelberg man. Fig. 45, 71 

 of Neanderthal man (Ehrings- 



dorf). Fig. 45, 71 

 of Neanderthal man (Le Mous- 

 tier). Fig. 45, 71 

 Maxilla, superior, homologous 

 in crossopts and early Am- 

 phibia, 107; evolution of, 87; 

 position of, 107; series show- 

 ing evolution of, Fig. 53, 

 85; dominance of, in man, 

 89; in achondroplasia, 230; 

 of cynodonts, secondary 

 palate derived from, 119; of 

 mammal-like reptiles. Fig. 

 50, 80; of mammals, Fig. 50, 

 80, 87 

 of Adapis, Fig. 53, 85 

 of Baphetes, Fig. 53, 85 

 of Captorkinus, Fig. 53, 85 

 of chimpanzee Fig. 53, 85 



of Cynognalhus, Hg. 53, 85 



of Eusthenopteron, Fig. 53, 85 



of man. Fig. 53, 85 



of Mycterosaurus, 34 



of Scymnognathus, Fig. 53, 85 



of Seymouria, Fig. 53, 85 



of Thylacinus, Fig. 53, 85 



McGregor, J. H., restorations of 

 primitive man by, 143 



Meati, nasal, 161, 162 ' 



Meckel's cartilage, as primary 

 lower jaw, 102; articular bone 

 develops from, 112; of arma- 

 dillo, foetal, Fig. 114, 221; 

 of Devonian crossopts, 110; 

 of shark. Fig. 6, 13, Fig. 7, 

 17, Fig. 8, 18, 106 



Median cartilage (of nose), origin 

 of, 167; growth of, in orang, 

 169 



Megalichthys, lower jaw of. Fig. 

 64, 111 



Meibomian glands, in human eye- 

 lid, 194 



Melanesians, noses of, 169 



Meniscus, of mammalian joint, in 

 Perameles, Fig. 22, 38, 39 



Mental traits, human and anthro- 

 poid agree in basic, 74 



Mesethmoid bone, origin of the, 

 167 



Microchasrus, dentition of. Fig. 

 78, 148 



Midas, top view of skull. Fig. 35, 

 58 



Midgets, cause of, 231 



Miller, G. S., on hind feet of 

 primates, 54 



Mimetic musclei, origin of the, 

 4.3, 44 



Miocene, Primates began to as- 

 sume human characters in, 

 64; anthropoid adaptations 

 during, 91 



Molar teeth, identity of human 

 and anthropoid molar pat- 

 terns, 69; fovea anterior and 

 posterior in upper molars of 

 anthropoids and man, 149; 

 origin of, 90 

 of cynodonts, 116 

 of cynodonts and man com- 

 pared, 145 

 of fossil man, 143 

 of primitive man, 76 



279 



