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peculiar structure of the discoid placenta, the decidua 

 rejiexa, and the pedicle of the allantois. In fact, even 

 a superficial comparison of the bodily structure of the 

 anthropomorpha which still survive makes it clear that 

 both the Asiatic (the orang-outang and the gibbous 

 ape) and the African (the gorilla and chimpanzee) 

 representatives of this group are nearer to man in 

 build than any of the cynopitheci. Under the latter 

 group we include the dog-faced papiomorpha, the 

 baboon, and the long-tailed monkey, at a very low 

 stage. The anatomical difference between these low 

 papiomorpha and the most highly developed anthropoid 

 apes is greater in every respect, whatever organ we 

 take for comparison, than the difference between the 

 latter and man. This instructive fact was established 

 with great penetration by the anatomist, Kobert 

 Hartmann, in his work on The Anthropoid Apes ; x he 

 proposed to divide the order of Simla in a new way — ■ 

 namely, into the two great groups of primaria (man 

 and the anthropoid ape) and the simiae proper, or 

 pithed (the rest of the catarrhinse and all the platyr- 

 rhinse). In any case, we have a clear proof of the 

 close affinity of man and the anthropoid ape. 



Thus comparative anatomy proves to the satisfaction 

 of every unprejudiced and critical student the signi- 

 ficant fact that the body of man and that of the 

 anthropoid ape are not only peculiarly similar, but 

 they are practically one and the same in every 

 important respect. The same 200 bones, in the 

 same order and structure, make up our inner skeleton ; 

 the same 300 muscles effect our movements ; the 

 same hair clothes our skin ; the same groups of 



1 Translated in the International Science Series. 1872. 



