. Anthropology. WYMAN, ETC. 10 gorillas, males4 „ females ...7 chimpanzees Capacity in cubic centimetres. ... 475 to 623 ... 395 „ 580 ... 433 „ 478 ... 382 „ 482 ... 387 „ 425 ... 370 to 490 ... 390 „ 400 ... 335 „ 425 ... 390 „ 410 ... 424 to 535 ... 385 „ 391 ... 294 „ 424 *The anthropoid apes and other animals we have measured were pro-cured from the Museum, and also from the Institnt Anthropologique. Weare also indebted to M. Tramont, the preparator of natural history at theInstitut Anthropologique, and to M. Bouvier, special preparator, for theloan of a number of specimens, for which we
. Anthropology. WYMAN, ETC. 10 gorillas, males4 „ females ...7 chimpanzees Capacity in cubic centimetres. ... 475 to 623 ... 395 „ 580 ... 433 „ 478 ... 382 „ 482 ... 387 „ 425 ... 370 to 490 ... 390 „ 400 ... 335 „ 425 ... 390 „ 410 ... 424 to 535 ... 385 „ 391 ... 294 „ 424 *The anthropoid apes and other animals we have measured were pro-cured from the Museum, and also from the Institnt Anthropologique. Weare also indebted to M. Tramont, the preparator of natural history at theInstitut Anthropologique, and to M. Bouvier, special preparator, for theloan of a number of specimens, for which we beg to express our obligations, M^moire sur les Microcephales, by Charles Vogt. Genera, 1867. PHYSICAL CHARACTERS. 51 Chap, i.] The cranial characters in Man and animals, which we are aboutto examine, are partly the result of the difference of volume oftheir cranial cavity, and partly, and more especially, of the dififer-«nce of their natural posture. Man alone stands perfectly upright; BV. Fig. 5.—K, Anterior border of the occipital foramen or baaion : C, Its posterior border, oropiathion : KG, Side view and plane of tbe occipital foramen; A, Alveolar point;P, Inferior surface of an occipital condyle (articulating witb the first cervicalvertebra, or atlas) ; A P Q, Horizontal plane of the base of the skull, or alveolo-condylean ; I, Inion ; L, Lambda ; B, Bregma ; O, Supia-orbital point, or ophryon ;G, Glabella ; N, Nasal point; E, Sub-nasal point; A, Alveolar point. the anthropoid apes have an oblique or side movement in pro-gression ; the other mammalia have a horizontal attitude; hencetheir name—quadrupeds. Attitude of the Body The head, in all the mammalian series, is articulated with thevertebral column by means of the condyles of the occipital, whichrotate from before backwards, and from behind forwards, in cavitiesformed in the bodies of the first cervical vertebra, or atlas. Betweenand behind these condyles is the occipital foramen, through whi
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