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in the Order of the Carnivora. If man had not been 
his own classifier, he would never have thought of 
founding a separate order for his own reception. 
It would be beyond my limits, and quite beyond my 
knowledge, even to name the innumerable points of 
structure in which man agrees with the other Primates. 
Our great anatomist and philosopher, Prof. Huxley, has 
fully discussed this subject , 5 and has come to the con- 
clusion that man in all parts of his organisation differs 
less from the higher apes, than these do from the lower 
members of the same group. Consequently there “ is 
“ no justification for placing man in a distinct order.” 
In an early part of this volume I brought forward 
various facts, shewing how closely man agrees in con- 
stitution with the higher mammals ; and this agreement, 
no doubt, depends on our close similarity in minute 
structure and chemical composition. I gave, as 
instances, our liability to the same diseases, and to the 
attacks of allied parasites ; our tastes in common for the 
same stimulants, and the similar effects thus produced, 
as well as by various drugs ; and other such facts. 
As small unimportant points of resemblance between 
man and the higher apes are not commonly noticed in 
systematic w r orks, and as, when numerous, they clearly 
reveal our relationship, I will specify a few such points. 
The relative position of the features are manifestly the 
same in man and the Quadrumana; and the various 
emotions are displayed by nearly similar movements of 
the muscles and skin, chiefly above the eyebrows and 
round the mouth. Some few expressions are, indeed, 
almost the same, as in the weeping of certain kinds of 
monkeys, and in the laughing noise made by others, 
during which the corners of the mouth are drawn back- 
5 4 Evidence as to Man’s Place in Nature,’ 1863, p. 70, et passim . 
