CHAPTER VII 

 MAN 



THE human body is formed on the same fundamental 

 type of structure as is the body of every beast, and 

 therefore that of the cat hereinbefore briefly described ;* 

 but he resembles above all the ape in structure, so 

 that, thus considered, apes and men may be said to stand 

 together on a sort of zoological island, widely separated 

 from all other animals. The difference in structure 

 between an ape and every other animal is very much 

 greater than that which exists between man's body and 

 that of any ape. 



All races of men are very similarly formed. Differ- 

 ences exist, as everybody knows, with respect to the 

 colour of the skin, the form and abundance of the hair, 

 the prominence of the jaws, and there are also differences 

 in the form of the skull, and some other bony structures, 

 in the shape of the chin, and in the muscular and fatty 

 development of different parts of the body. Neverthe- 

 less such differences are small indeed, when compared 

 with those which exist between most species of apes and 

 any other beasts whatever. 



Similarly, the functions which the human body 

 performs are similar to those performed by the body of 

 the cat,t and, as regards the nervous system, we have, 



* See ante, p. 217. t See ante, p. 221. 



