. A text-book of animal physiology [microform] : with introductory chapters on general biology and a full treatment of reproduction, for students of human and comparative (veterinary) medicine and of general biology. Physiology, Comparative; Veterinary physiology; Physiologie comparée; Physiologie vétérinaire. Fio. 904.—A, brain of aye-ayeJLciMiir): B, of mamioMt; O, of nuiiTel-inoDker ICattiihrix); D. of mmcaque mookey; E, of gibbon; F, of • flfth-month bunwn foatus (after Owen). AltbooKb naturaliita are agreed tbat the monkeyt, apea, and lemur* are related, coniider- ablediitei«noesaretobeol
. A text-book of animal physiology [microform] : with introductory chapters on general biology and a full treatment of reproduction, for students of human and comparative (veterinary) medicine and of general biology. Physiology, Comparative; Veterinary physiology; Physiologie comparée; Physiologie vétérinaire. Fio. 904.—A, brain of aye-ayeJLciMiir): B, of mamioMt; O, of nuiiTel-inoDker ICattiihrix); D. of mmcaque mookey; E, of gibbon; F, of • flfth-month bunwn foatus (after Owen). AltbooKb naturaliita are agreed tbat the monkeyt, apea, and lemur* are related, coniider- ablediitei«noesaretobeolMerf«dintbeirbrainB. Tbeaaflgurea alio tthMtratellie remark made after tbe foUowtng ones. Cit is evident, from an inspection of the cranial cavities of those enormous fossil forms that preceded the higher verte- brates, that their brains, in proportion to their bodies, were very small, so that any variation in the direction of increase in the encephalon—especially the cerebrum—must have given the creatures, the subject of such variation, a decided advan- tage in the struggle for existence, and one which may partly account, perhaps, for the extinction of those animals of vast proportions but limited intelligence. That the size of the brain. 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 Mills, Wesley, 1847-1915. New York : D. Appleton; London : Caxton House
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