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MAN AND THE LOWER ANIMALS 



more widely from the foot of the Gorilla than the 

 latter is separated from that of Man. 



But, in some of the lower apes, the hand and 



Man 



FIG. 20. Foot of Man, Gorilla, and Orang-Utan of the same 

 absolute length, to show the differences in proportion of each. 

 Letters as in Fig. 19. Reduced from original drawings by Mr. 

 Waterhouse Hawkins. 



foot diverge still more from those of the Gorilla, 

 than they do in the Orang. The thumb ceases to 

 be opposable in the American monkeys ; is reduced 



