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to develop the former out of the latter many inter- 

 mediate forms must have occurred and been selected. 

 The posterior prehensile hands of apes are so much 

 more like human feet, that the conclusion seems 

 unavoidable that the latter are a direct variation 

 from the former. 



4. Proportionally larger and more muscular lower 

 or posterior limbs. 



5. A body more slender in proportion, with 

 smaller thoracic cavity, therefore necessarily less 

 capacious viscera and vitals. 



6. A larger cranium, therefore more room for 

 brains. 



7. Ear lobes, chin and lips. 



8. Glossy bare epidermis covering almost the 

 entire body, in lieu of the hairy hide of the quad- 

 rumana and quadrupeda. 



It has been asserted with great confidence that at 

 one time all men had hairy bodies ; that the wearing 

 of artificial coverings, first skins and then clothes, 

 made hair unnecessary and interfered with its 

 healthy growth ; and that, therefore, men now have 

 smooth skin, without hair. It is asserted that the 

 exceedingly rare appearance of men with hairy 

 bodies, and the prevalent hairiness of the Ainos of 

 Japan, is proof that at one time the bodies of all men 

 were hairy. There is not a particle of evidence that 

 hairiness ever was general among men. The ex- 

 ceedingly rare appearance of a hairy man and the 

 exceptional existence of one hairy nation is no evi- 



