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members of a hairless family. The indefatigable 

 Miklueho-Maclay went to Gulnarber, 140 miles 

 from Tulba, in order to examine them, and took 

 the photographs from which our illustrations are 

 taken.* 



A likeness to the chimpanzee, when deprived of 

 its hair, may be traced in the keel or roof-shaped 

 form of the skull ; in the prominence of the supra- 

 orbital arches ; in the deep depression between the 

 forehead and nose, of which only the centre of the 

 bridge has a slight vertical elevation ; in the broad, 

 flattened nostrils, bounded by deep furrows ; in the 

 wide, fleshy mouth, and the large, laterally project- 

 ing ears. Gratiolet and Alix give such a head in 

 their treatise on Troglodytes Auhriji (Figs. 25, 26, 

 27). When we add to this the dark brown skin, 

 the deeply furrowed countenance, and the dark 

 brown eyes, as they are described by Miklueho- 

 Maclay, the external resemblance between many of 

 the Australian aborigines and apes becomes more 

 marked. 



Projecting ears are common among men of dif- 

 ferent races, and I have observed them in Europeans 

 who are otherwise well formed. Even in this latter 

 case the effect is ape-like. Much has been said of 

 the resemblance which may often be observed be- 

 tween the human ear and that of apes. It is ad- 

 mitted that hardly any part of the organism varies 

 so much in its characteristics as the external ear. 

 This is the case with anthropoids, and almost more 

 frequently with men. Individuals of all nations 



* Report of Anthropological Society, Berlin, April 16, 1881. 



