628 KANSAS CITY REVIEW OF SCIENCE. 



ANTHROPOLOGY. 



THE KINDRED OF MAN. 



ARTHUR ERWIN BROWN. 



Mr. A. R. Wallace once called attention to the similarity in color existing 

 "between the orang and chimpanzee and the human natives of their respective 

 countries. It would indeed seem as if but half the truth had been told, and that 

 the comparison might be carried also into the region of mind ; the quick, vivacious 

 chimpanzee partaking of the mercurial disposition of negro races, while the 

 apathetic, slow orang would pass for a disciple of the sullen fatalism of the Malay. 

 Such, at least, was the impression left by careful observation of several specimens 

 of each species which have been exhibited in the Philadelphia Zoological Gar- 

 den. 



A curious study are the moral qualities of the chimpanzee — for he has morals 

 — not altogether such as would serve for the ordering of a human community, but 

 very well adapted, seemingly, for his own needs. Watching them closely, in all 

 their moods, all their passions, it was impossible to avoid the feeling that here 

 was man in his primitive stage of moral development — " nature's ground plan" 

 only — self-love predominant, the brute mainly, with but an occasional flash of the 

 possibilities which the hand of nature was yet to shape. 



"Adam" and "Eve" were both young, probably not more than three or 

 four years old, and not half grown, as the chimpanzee is believed to require some 

 twelve or fifteen years for the completion of that stage of existence. They were 

 about the same size — perhaps they were twins — they had no family Bible to settle 

 the question, but the extraordinary likeness between them was strongly in favor 

 of the supposition ; indeed, if Adam had not been ornamented with a black 

 smudge across the nose, they could hardly have been told apart; but twins or 

 not, they loved each other with a most devoted affection, or, at least, so it seem- 

 ed, but subsequent events cast a doubt on the real depth of their feelings. 



Being young they were eminently social, for it may be said that as a rule, 

 among wild animals, moroseness and ferocity come only with age. When they 

 were first coaxed out of their traveling cage they were visibly embarrassed, and 

 retired into the nearest corner, locked tightly in each other's arms, which, as 

 we afterwards learned, was a universal refuge in time of doubt, but it j was not 

 long before they began to feel at home, and thenceforward were always ready to 

 make friends with anybody who made his approaches in due form. As has been 

 said, they were very fond of each other, and it was on rare occasions only that 



