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thirty years. Without question, the mode of origin 

 and the early stages of the development of man are 

 identical with those of the animals immediately below 

 him in the scale : without a doubt, in these respects, 

 he is far nearer the Apes than the Apes are to the 

 Dog. 



Identical in the physical processes by which he 

 originates — identical in the early stages of his forma- 

 tion — identical in the mode of his nutrition, before 

 and after birth, with the animals which lie immedi- 

 ately below him in the scale — Man, if his adult and 

 perfect structure be compared with theirs, exhibits, as 

 might be expected, a marvellous likeness of organ- 

 isation. He resembles them as they resemble one 

 another — he differs from them as they differ from one 

 another. And though these differences and resem- 

 blances cannot be weighed and measured, their value 

 may be readily estimated, the scale or standard of 

 judgment, touching that value, being afforded and ex- 

 pressed by the system of classification of animals now 

 current among zoologists. 1 



In his general organisation man is most nearly 

 allied to the Chimpanzee or the Gorilla (in mental 

 capacity the Chimpanzee appears to be the nearer), 

 and for the purposes of comparison, Huxley chose 

 the Gorilla as " a brute now so celebrated in prose 

 and verse" that "all must have formed some concep- 

 tion of his appearance." In dealing with the most 

 important points of difference between Man and 

 Gorilla, he also contrasted the differences which 

 separate the Gorilla from other Primates. 



1 Man's Place in Nature, pp. 67, 68. 



