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ANTHROPOID APES. 



and the ungual phalanges taper at their extremities, 

 there is also an inclination to ascribe an expressly 

 anthropoid character to the negro hand. Yet this 

 structure of the fingers is by no means universal 



Fig. 32.— Hand of a Ilammegh from Rosercs, on the Blue Nile. 



among the negroes. An enlargement of the connec- 

 tive web is not indeed uncommon, but its extent 

 varies considerably. Nor is it wanting in the fingers 

 of other races. An attentive observer will be able 



