Darwinism and the evolution of man . >l OF PLATE. as altogether useless, in the rabbit and theman. The Figure marked E shows, by thedarker shading, the permanent arrangementof the arteries of a mammal. The lightershading indicates the useless portions thatare generally absorbed ; but they some-times remain as rudiments. The Figures marked F show some ofthe muscles of the human ear. Those whichare attached to the scalp, and which, in dis-tant ancestors, moved the ear as a whole,forwards, backwards, or upwards, can bethrown into action by few people now livingon the earth. Those muscles which
Darwinism and the evolution of man . >l OF PLATE. as altogether useless, in the rabbit and theman. The Figure marked E shows, by thedarker shading, the permanent arrangementof the arteries of a mammal. The lightershading indicates the useless portions thatare generally absorbed ; but they some-times remain as rudiments. The Figures marked F show some ofthe muscles of the human ear. Those whichare attached to the scalp, and which, in dis-tant ancestors, moved the ear as a whole,forwards, backwards, or upwards, can bethrown into action by few people now livingon the earth. Those muscles which aresituated on the organ itself, and whichformerly regulated its shape, are nowabsolutely powerless and useless. DARWINISM /r73 A AND THE soft EVOLUTION OF
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