APES AND MONKEYS 



CHAPTER I 



Monkeys, Apes, and Men — Comparative Anatomy — Skulls — The 

 Law of Cranial Projection 



FROM time immemorial monkeys have been subjects of 

 interest to the old and to the young. The wise and 

 the simple are alike impressed with their human looks and 

 manners. There are no other creatures that so charm 

 and fascinate the beholder as do these little effigies of the 

 human race. With equal delight, patriarchs and children 

 watch their actions and compare them to those of human 

 beings. Until recent years monkeys have served to amuse 

 rather than to instruct the masses. But now that the 

 search-light of science is being thrown into every nook 

 and crevice of nature, human interest in them is greatly 

 increased and the savants of all civilized lands are wres- 

 tling with the problem of their possible relationship to man- 

 kind. With the desire of learning as much as possible 

 concerning their habits, faculties, and mental resources, 

 they are being studied from every point of view, and each 

 characteristic is seriously compared in detail to the cor- 

 responding one in man. Concurrent with this desire, we 

 shall note the chief points of resemblance and of difference 

 between them. 



