General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History . HIND FOOT SKULL FORE I T GEOLOGIC SUCCESSION. SKELETONS OF HORSE AND MAN COMPARED [50] jaws and low-crowned cheek teeth ol manare adapted lor a mixed diet. Moreover,the horses long jaws enable him to reachhis food, which is normally on or nearthe ground, while the short jaws of manhave the food brought up to them by thehands. The bony cranium or braincase of thehorse is much smaller in proportion tothe weight of the body than is the brain-case of man, which is greatly enlargedby the enormous growth of the humanbr
General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History . HIND FOOT SKULL FORE I T GEOLOGIC SUCCESSION. SKELETONS OF HORSE AND MAN COMPARED [50] jaws and low-crowned cheek teeth ol manare adapted lor a mixed diet. Moreover,the horses long jaws enable him to reachhis food, which is normally on or nearthe ground, while the short jaws of manhave the food brought up to them by thehands. The bony cranium or braincase of thehorse is much smaller in proportion tothe weight of the body than is the brain-case of man, which is greatly enlargedby the enormous growth of the humanbrain. It has been shown above (pp. 46-49)that the bony hands of the remote ances-tors of the horse have become greatlymodified during long ages of specializa-tion for swift running. Thus each handof the modern horse has but one finger, isvery long and slender, and terminates ina thick horny hoof corresponding to thenail on the middle finger of the hand ofman. Likewise the bone beneath the hoofcorresponds to the last bone of the mid-dle finger of the human hand. The visitormay enjoy making similar comparisonsfor himself: fo
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