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should come to compare this curious condition of 

 things with the structure of the chimpanzee, and 

 possibly others of the larger apes, we should find 

 that they possess the same rudimentary or atro- 

 phied or hidden tail-bones as those found in the 

 structure of man. Huxley has proved to de- 

 monstration that, although the same peculiarity 

 cannot be traced in the cases of other animals, 

 every recognised bone and muscle and sinew and 

 formation, even to the possession of a vermiform 

 appendix, found in the larger apes, such as the 

 gorilla and chimpanzee, are present also in the 

 structure of man, with the exception of one or 

 two small muscles in the human hand or foot — I 

 forget which, but I think the latter, since it is a 

 matter of scientific fact that the hand of the 

 higher apes coincides in every respect with that 

 of man. 



Then again take the question of hairiness. 

 There ate probably few among us who, stripping 

 for a swim, or changing flannels in the club 

 pavilion, have not remarked among our con- 

 temporaries hairiness of body or limbs or both 

 almost as great as would be found in the cases of 

 some of the lower animals. There is, in my opin- 

 ion, no reason for supposing that this hairiness 

 may not at one time have been general in the race, 

 whilst, if we come to examine the cranial forma- 

 tion of the human being, and compare it with 

 that of, say, the chimpanzee, we shall find that, 

 apart from form, both possess to all intents and 

 purposes the same peculiarities of structure, a 

 similarity extending to the number, formation, 



