26 THE PHYSICAL KINSHIP 



inches. And 2oJ cubic inches of thinking matter 

 is an alarming amount to be lacking in a single 

 individual. But this cranial gap between gorilla 

 and man is deprived of some of its significance by 

 the fact that human crania sometimes measure 

 114 cubic inches, making a difference between the 

 smallest and largest human brains of 59 cubic 

 inches. The difference between the gorilla and 

 the savage in cranial capacity is, therefore, only 

 about one-third as great as the cranial chasm between 

 the savage and the sage. 



V. Recapitulation. 



The anatomical gulf between men and apes does 

 not exist. There are, in fact, no gulfs anywhere, 

 only gradations. All chasms are completely 

 covered by unmistakable affinities, in spite of the 

 fact that the remains of so many millions of 

 deceased races lie hidden beneath seas or ever- 

 lastingly locked in the limy bosoms of the conti- 

 nents. There are closer kinships and remoter 

 kinships, but there are kinships everywhere. The 

 more intimate kinships are indicated by more 

 definite and detailed similarities, and the more 

 general relationships by more fundamental resem- 

 blances. All creatures are bound to all other 

 creatures by the ties of a varying but undeniable 

 consanguinity. 



Man stands unquestionably in the primate order 

 of animals, because he has certain qualities of 

 structure which all primates have, and which all 

 other animals have not : hands and arms and 



