. Elementary biology; an introduction to the science of life . Fig. 119. Metamorphosis in man A comparison of the infant and the adult shows that after birth the legs of the baby grow more than any other part, whereas the head grows the least. A study of this figure will show other changes that take place in the outward form take place in a human being from day to day are comparatively slow, and che form of the infant is in general very much like that of the adult, so that we do not commonly think of the metamorphosis of human beings. But if we compare the proportions of a baby with the propor
. Elementary biology; an introduction to the science of life . Fig. 119. Metamorphosis in man A comparison of the infant and the adult shows that after birth the legs of the baby grow more than any other part, whereas the head grows the least. A study of this figure will show other changes that take place in the outward form take place in a human being from day to day are comparatively slow, and che form of the infant is in general very much like that of the adult, so that we do not commonly think of the metamorphosis of human beings. But if we compare the proportions of a baby with the proportions of an adult, we can see that the changes are real even in the outward form (see Fig. 119). A man is something more than a large baby, something different, even in this outward form. We know, of course, that as we become older there are many changes in the internal
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