. Elementary biology; an introduction to the science of life . Fig. 254. Comparison of primate skeletons A comparison of the skeletons of the lemur, the gorilla, and man show many similarities in details as well as in general plan of structure animal, as, let us say, an insect, even when we see it for the first time. We may be able to tell even in what order of in- sects it naturally belongs. According to our familiarity with the group, we may be able to tell the family or even the genus. In the same way we may at once place man among the backboned animals, and, without any hesitation, in the


. Elementary biology; an introduction to the science of life . Fig. 254. Comparison of primate skeletons A comparison of the skeletons of the lemur, the gorilla, and man show many similarities in details as well as in general plan of structure animal, as, let us say, an insect, even when we see it for the first time. We may be able to tell even in what order of in- sects it naturally belongs. According to our familiarity with the group, we may be able to tell the family or even the genus. In the same way we may at once place man among the backboned animals, and, without any hesitation, in the class of


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