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/. As to General Form, — (3) In the apes the arms are longer ; 

 (8) the extensor muscles of the leg are smaller. 



//. As to Surface, — (9) The body is covered with hair which 

 is not crisp or woolly ; (10) the hair of the head is short ; (13) the 

 color of the skin, etc., is dark, 



///. As to Head and Face. — (14) The facial region of the 

 skull is large as compared with the cerebral ; (15) the forehead is 



Fig. 52. — Section of skull of adult orang-outang {Simla safyrus). «, section of 

 skull of young orang, showing; relatively shorter jaws and more prominent cerebral 

 region. 



not prominent, and is generally retreating ; (16) the superciliary 

 ridges are more prominent ; (17) the edges of the jaws are more 

 prominent ; (18) the chin is less prominent ; (20) the clieek-bones 

 are more prominent ; (21) the nose is without bridge, and with 

 short and flat cartilages ; (22) the orbits and eyes are smaller 

 (except in Nyctipithecus) ; (24) the mouth is small and the lips 

 are thin. 



It is evident that the possession of any one of the above char- 

 acteristics by a man approximates him more to the monkeys, so 



