Carpenter's principles of human physiology . Vertical section of Skull of Adult Orang. Vertical section of Skull of Young Orang. Fig. Vertical section of Skull of Papuan Negrito. adults; each tending to diverge, in its advance towards full development,from a type which seemed almost similar in both (Figs. 4, 5, 6). It is at thetime of the second dentition that the muzzle of the anthropoid Apes acquiresits peculiar elongation and consequent projection in front of the forehead(Figs. 5, 4); and the whole cast of the features is altered at the same time, sothat it approaches much more to that
Carpenter's principles of human physiology . Vertical section of Skull of Adult Orang. Vertical section of Skull of Young Orang. Fig. Vertical section of Skull of Papuan Negrito. adults; each tending to diverge, in its advance towards full development,from a type which seemed almost similar in both (Figs. 4, 5, 6). It is at thetime of the second dentition that the muzzle of the anthropoid Apes acquiresits peculiar elongation and consequent projection in front of the forehead(Figs. 5, 4); and the whole cast of the features is altered at the same time, sothat it approaches much more to that of the lower Quadrumana than wouldbe supposed from observation of the young animal only.* In the Humansubject, on the other hand, we see that, although in the advance fromchildhood to adult age, there is a progressive enlargement of the face inproportion to the capacity of the cranial cavity, this augmentation is compara-tively small in amount, and but little affects the general configuration of thecranium, j 29. The great size of the cranial portion of the skull in Man, as compared * None but young specimens of the Chimpanzee and
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