592 CHORD ATA, . 



respectively has already been noticed. The last family is of 

 course at the present day cosmopolitan. A fragmentary 

 fossil from the East Indies, called Afithropopitheciis erectus^ is 

 said to be a link between man and the anthropoid apes, the 



Fig. 398. — Entire Skeleton of the Gorilla. 



(De Blainville.) 



Note opposable hallux and long fore-limbs. 



chief evidence being based upon the cranial capacity and 

 relative brain-weight. Fossil Anthropoidea are found as far 

 back as early Miocene, but they still have their '^family" 

 characters. 



