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teeth are vertical, of nearly uniform height, and close to- 
gether. In every other animal the incisors and canines 
are more or less inclined, the canines project, and there 
are vacant spaces.”° 
Man has a longer lobule to his ear than any Ape, and 
no muzzle. The bridge of his nose is decidedly convex; 
in the Apes generally it is flat. 
Man has been called the only naked terrestrial Mam- 
mal. His hair is most abundant on the scalp; never on 
the back, as in the Apes. 
Man has a more pliable constitution than the Apes, as 
Fia. 348.—Australian Savage. 
shown by his world-wide distribution. The animals 
nearest him soon perish when removed from their native 
places. ; 
Though Man is excelled by some animals in the acute- 
ness of some senses, there is no other animal in which all 
the senses are capable of equal development. He only 
has the power of expressing his thoughts by articulate 
speech, and the power of forming abstract ideas. 
Man differs from the Apes in the absolute size of brain, 
