Morphology. 87 
general resemblance to that of man [including even the occa- 
sional appearance of the projecting point shown in the preceding 
woodcut]. It is evident that the folding over of the tip of such 
an ear, unless it changed greatly during its further development, 
would give rise to a point projecting inwards |. 
Fic. 21.—Feetus of an Orang. Exact copy of a photograph, 
showing the form of the ear at this early stage. 
The following woodcut serves still further to show 
vestigial resemblances between the human ear and 
that of apes. The last two figures illustrate the 
general resemblance between the normal ear of foetal 
man and the ear of an adult orang-outang. The 
other two figures on the lower line are intended to 
exhibit occasional modifications of the adult human 
ear, which approximate simian characters somewhat 
more closely than does the normal type. It will be 
observed that in their comparatively small lobes these 
ears resemble those of all the apes; and that while the 
outer margin of one is not unlike that of the Barbary 
1 Descent of Man, 2nd ed., pp. 15-16. 
