. The chain of life in geological time [microform] : a sketch of the origin and succession of animals and plants. Paleontology; Paleobotany; Paléontologie; Paléobotanique. 228 THE CHAIN OF LIFE. really omnivorous; and its skull shows some peculiarities tending to those of the Marsupials. Much interest attaches to the first appearance of the order of Apes {Quadrumafia), or, if we take the somewhat deceptive classification favor /ed by some modern zoologists, the Primatesj including the apes and man. They begin in the Eocene, both in Europe and America, with the lowest tribe, that of the Lemurs,
. The chain of life in geological time [microform] : a sketch of the origin and succession of animals and plants. Paleontology; Paleobotany; Paléontologie; Paléobotanique. 228 THE CHAIN OF LIFE. really omnivorous; and its skull shows some peculiarities tending to those of the Marsupials. Much interest attaches to the first appearance of the order of Apes {Quadrumafia), or, if we take the somewhat deceptive classification favor /ed by some modern zoologists, the Primatesj including the apes and man. They begin in the Eocene, both in Europe and America, with the lowest tribe, that of the Lemurs, now confined to the island of Madagascar and parts. Fig. 184.—Skull of a Cymetar-toothed H'i^^r^Machatrodus cultridcns). Pliocene, France. Reduced. of Africa and Southern Asia, and which may, Gaudry thinks, be modified Marsupials, though he admits that this is hard to understand. He mentions the resemblance of the teeth of monkeys to those of some hog-like animals, a resemblance, however, merely marking a similarity of food, and suggests on this ground that some of the primitive ancestors of the hog may have also given rise to the Monkeys. In the Miocene of Europe and Asia we have true Apes ; and one of these, which. 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 Dawson, J. W. (John William), Sir, 1820-1899. London : Religious Tract Society
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