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resemblances between the foot of Man and the foot of the 
Gorilla are far more striking and important than the differ- 
ences. 
I have dwelt upon this point at length, because it is one 
regarding which much delusion prevails; but I might have 
passed it over without detriment to my argument, which only 
requires me to show that, be the differences between the 
hand and foot of Man and those of the Gorilla what they 
may—the differences between those of the Gorilla, and those 
of the lower Apes are much greater. 
It is not necessary to descend lower in the scale than the 
Orang for conclusive evidence on this head. 
The thumb of the Orang differs more from that of the 
Gorilla than the thumb of the Gorilla differs from. that of 
Man, not only by its shortness, but by the absence of any 
special long flexor muscle. The carpus of the Orang, like 
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Fic. 20.—Foot of Man, Gorilla, and Orang-Utan of the same absolute length, 
to show the differences in proportion of each. Letters as in Fig. 19. Reduced 
from original drawings by Mr. Waterhouse Hawkins. 
