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border of the helix ; (2) where it was distinct but not pointed ; (3) 

 \vlirre it formed a distinct tubercle. 



The lobe of the ear, which I then knew was not a structure 

 peculiar to man, but which, in the degree and form of its development, 



A 



B 



F '8- 2 . The tyP ! S f ? ar disti "8"'shcd as orang (A) and chimpanzee (B) 1 2 sections 



" he'liV" "V" S ""r, "' a , rUed I' 2 ' ThC Cartila S e is Sti PP' cd - root of helix b; 

 h lobule.' h nz0ntal hellx : d - descending helix; e, anthelix ; f, antitragus ; g, 



across 

 ascend- 

 tragus; 



is a human character, was peculiarly worth observation. In it, too I 

 ivm}?nisnl four d(-,v<-.s, 1, 2, 3, 4 (see Fig. 1). I have never seen an 

 car in which the lobe was completely absent. In .stage 1 were counted 

 all Oftges in which the lobe extended less than 5 mm. below the border 



