. Readings in evolution, genetics, and eugenics. Evolution; Heredity; Eugenics. iS2 READINGS IN EVOLUTION, GENETICS, AND EUGENICS to the feet and great toes. Again, as Dr. Robinson observes, the attitude, and the disproportionately large development of the arms as compared with the legs give all the photographs a striking resem- blance to a picture of the chimpanzee "Sally" at the Zoological Gardens. For " mvariably the thighs are bent nearly at right angles to the body, and in no case did the lower Hmbs hang down and take the attitude of the erect ; He adds, "
. Readings in evolution, genetics, and eugenics. Evolution; Heredity; Eugenics. iS2 READINGS IN EVOLUTION, GENETICS, AND EUGENICS to the feet and great toes. Again, as Dr. Robinson observes, the attitude, and the disproportionately large development of the arms as compared with the legs give all the photographs a striking resem- blance to a picture of the chimpanzee "Sally" at the Zoological Gardens. For " mvariably the thighs are bent nearly at right angles to the body, and in no case did the lower Hmbs hang down and take the attitude of the erect ; He adds, "In many cases no sign of distress is evinced, and no cry uttered, until the grasp begins to give ;. Gorilla Fig. 24.—Sacrum of gorilla compared with that of man, showing rudimentary tail bones of each. Drawn from nature. (From Romanes.) 5. Tail.—The absence of a tail in man is popularly supposed to constitute a difficulty against the doctrine of his quadrumanous descent. As a matter of fact, however, the absence of an external tail in man is precisely what this doctrine would expect, seeing that the nearest alUes of man in the quadrumanous series are likewise destitute of an external tail. Far, then, from this deficiency in man constituting any difficulty to be accounted for, if the case were not so—, if man did possess an external tail,—the difficulty would be to imderstand how he had managed to retain an organ which had been renoimced by his most recent ancestors. Nevertheless, as the anthro-. 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 Newman, Horatio Hackett, b. 1875. Chicago : University of Chicago Press
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