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EXPLANATION OF PLATE 
Fig. 1—4. Homo SAPIENS 
Fig. 1.—Profile of the head of a female infant, three months old, to 
illustrate the peculiar features of babies’ faces, namely, the large and pro- 
jecting jaws, the short projected obliquely-truncate nose, the depressed bridge 
of the nose, the very low position of the ear, and the large development of 
the back of the head. The mouth is obscured by the large pouch-like 
cheeks. This drawing is the copy of a photograph ; and shews how the hair 
grows towards the forehead. 
Fig. 2.—Profile of the head of an adult female—the mother of the 
infant depicted in fig. 1—reduced to about the same scale, to shew different 
relative proportionate development of the various features between in- 
fancy and maturity, namely reduction and recession of the jaws, elongation 
of the nose, elevation of the nose-bridge, projection of the forehead over the 
eyes—where the intellectual faculties are situated, the reduction in the size of 
the ear and its elevation in relation to the whole head, and the reduction of 
the back of the head. This drawing is a copy from a photograph, which, 
with the original of No. 1, was exhibited when this Paper was read. 
Fig. 3.—Profile of a senile female to shew the further proportionate 
development of the features, namely the further recession of the jaw, the 
growth of the nose, its elongation and the elevation of the bridge. The ear 
has been dragged out of shape by the wearing of earings. Copy of a 
photograph. 
(These three figures, the exact size of the photographs, from which, in fact, 
they were traced, were purposely taken, as nearly as possible, of the same 
size, to shew the proportionate development of features during the ontogeny 
of senile female Man. Fig. 1 may be regarded as the morphological repre- 
sentation of an ancient adult ancestor, while No. 3 may be considered the 
morphological prefiguration of the adult of the future, or of the infant 
of a still more distant time to come.) 
Fig. ‘4.—Profile of the head of Miss Julia Pastrana, remarkable for the 
characters of reversion displayed. She was a Spanish dancer, and when she 
died her stuffed skin was exhibited. Copy of a wood-cut (originally a 
photograph) in Haeckel, ‘‘ Anthropogenie,” p. 363, Ed. IV. 
Fig. 5.—CERCOPITHECUS NASICUS 
Fig. 5.—Profile of the head of the Nose-Ape, shewing as regards the 
nose a much higher development than is obtained even by senile Man. The 
figs. 1—3 illustrate that during life Man makes very considerable progress in 
the direction of nose-development shewn by this fig. 4. From a wood-cut 
in Haeckel, “ Anthropogenie,” loc : cit. 
Fig. 6.—CEBUS CAPUCINUS 
Fig. 6.—Head of a species of the genus frequently alluded to in the 
text. Copied from Darwin, “ Descent of Man,” Pt. II., Chap. XVIII., 
p. 549, fig. 74. 
Fig. 7.—CEBUS VELLEROSUS 
Fig. 7.—Profile of the head of this Platyrhine monkey, shewing the 
projection of the jaws, and the growth of the hair towards the forehead—to 
compare with fig. 1. The different position of the ear and the more lateral 
position of the nostril should, however, be noted. Copy of a wood-cut in 
Darwin, loc: cit. 
