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ANTHROPOID APES. 



parallel between it and the human head. It must 

 be admitted that we find, especially in primitive 

 peoples, many human skulls which in their whole 

 plastic form differ little from the skulls of young 



Fig. 34. — Human skull. ' a. Nasal bone. 6, Upper jaw. c. Lower jaw. d. Occi- 

 pital bone, e. Temporal bone. /, Parietal bone, g, Frontal bone, h. Malar 

 bone. 



gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangs. Even in the 

 way the occipital bone is rounded off, young anthro- 

 poids and men are often found in a similar stage 

 of development. The squamous occipital portion 



