124 ANTHROPOID APES. 



of the temporal bone extend into this bone, and 

 indeed without interruption into the parietal bone 

 adjoining it. For such investigations the thin 

 and light bones of individuals which have lived 

 a wild life are more suitable than the heavy and 

 fat specimens which have died after prolonged 

 confinement. 



Zuckerkandl has observed that among Europeans 

 the orbital part of the nose, or that part which is 

 between the orbits, is longer than the infra-orbital 

 or lower part. In anthropoids the infra-orbital por- 

 tion is considerably the longest, although only in 

 adult animals. There are stages in the period of 

 development in which these animals display the 

 characteristics of an adult European, or indeed of 

 a child. The proportions of the skulls of Malays 

 take a middle place between those of Europeans and 

 of apes. The growth of the infra-orbital part of the 

 nose in the Malay does not equal that of apes, but 

 in many cases it differs essentially from that of 

 Europeans. Zuckerkandl makes a skilful attempt 

 to establish this statement by statistics. 



The same inquirer makes some interesting 

 remarks on the comparative height and width of 

 the orbits. He observes that the skulls of adult 

 apes and men differ more in these respects than 

 the young specimens of these organisms. The 

 orbits both of a child and an adult, especially in the 

 case of a European, are much more like those of a 

 young ape than of an aged animal of the same 

 species. In the chimpanzee and the orang-utan the 

 proportions are the same as in men ; that is, the width 



