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(Huxley's last three families), from Genuine Apes, or Simise 

 (the first four families). For, as I have already shown in my 

 General Morphology, and explained in the last chapter, the 

 Semi-apes differ in many and important respects from 

 Genuine Apes, and in their individual forms are more 

 closely allied to the various other orders of Discoplacentalia. 

 Hence the Semi-apes must probably be considered as the 

 remnants of the common primary group, out of which the 

 other orders of Discoplacentalia, and, it may be, all De- 

 ciduata, have developed as two diverging branches. (Gen. 

 Morph. ii. pp. 148 and 153.) But man cannot be sepa- 

 rated from the order of Genuine Apes, or Simise, as he is 

 in every respect more closely allied to the higher Genuine 

 Apes than the latter are to the lower Genuine Apes. 



Genuine Apes (Simiae) are universally divided into two 

 perfectly natural groups, namely, the Apes of the New 

 World, or American Apes, and the Apes of the Old World, 

 which are indigenous to Asia and Africa, and which for- 

 merly also existed in Europe. These two classes differ prin- 

 cipally in the formation of the nose, and they have been 

 named accordingly. American Apes have flat noses, so that 

 the nostrils are in front, pot below ; hence they are called 

 Flat Noses (Platyrrhini). On the other hand, the Apes of 

 the Old World have a narrow cartilaginous bridge, and the 

 nostrUs turned downwards, as in man ; they are, therefore, 

 called Narrow Noses (Catarrhini). Further, the jaw, 

 which plays an important part in the classification of 

 Mammals, is essentially distinct in these two groups. All 

 Catarrhinse, or Apes of the Old World, have exactly the 

 same jaws as Man, namely, in each jaw four incisors above 

 and below, then on each side a canine tooth and five cheek 



