. Anthropoid apes. Apes. ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE OF ANTHROPOID APES. 69 many points of resemblance to that of the gorilla, while it differs in certain particulars from the structure of other anthropoids. And first, the size of the skeleton is smaller than that of the gorilla, which is in agreement with the smaller relative size of the body of the Fig. 18.—Skull of an aged male chimpanzee. We must begin with a general view of the skull of the chimpanzee. In both sexes the frontal regions are smaller, while the coronal region is more rounded than in the gorilla. The high bony crests an
. Anthropoid apes. Apes. ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE OF ANTHROPOID APES. 69 many points of resemblance to that of the gorilla, while it differs in certain particulars from the structure of other anthropoids. And first, the size of the skeleton is smaller than that of the gorilla, which is in agreement with the smaller relative size of the body of the Fig. 18.—Skull of an aged male chimpanzee. We must begin with a general view of the skull of the chimpanzee. In both sexes the frontal regions are smaller, while the coronal region is more rounded than in the gorilla. The high bony crests and prominent supra-orbital arches are wanting in the chimpanzee ; the peculiar character of the bony ridges, projecting like tubes from the other parts of the skull, is less marked, and they belong more directly to the frontal region (see Pig. 18). The bony bridge of the nose is more concave in the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hartmann, Robert, 1832-1893. New York, D. Appleton and Co.
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