. Anthropoid apes. Apes. ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE OF ANTHROPOID APES. 119 myself, in a very few instances, found obscure traces of such a formation among anthropoids. In 18615 Boucher de Perthes found at Abbeville half of a human lower jaw deposited in a black layer of clay and sand mixed with iron, and lying on the chalk. As far as we can judge from illustrations which are for the most part imperfect, there was nothing remarkable about it except its abruptly re- treating ramus (Fig. 36), but the specimen aroused great attention at the time, and it was assigned by. Fig. 36.—Lower jaw of Moulin-Qui
. Anthropoid apes. Apes. ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE OF ANTHROPOID APES. 119 myself, in a very few instances, found obscure traces of such a formation among anthropoids. In 18615 Boucher de Perthes found at Abbeville half of a human lower jaw deposited in a black layer of clay and sand mixed with iron, and lying on the chalk. As far as we can judge from illustrations which are for the most part imperfect, there was nothing remarkable about it except its abruptly re- treating ramus (Fig. 36), but the specimen aroused great attention at the time, and it was assigned by. Fig. 36.—Lower jaw of Moulin-Quignon. many intelligent observers to the primitive men of the diluvial period. Unfortunately it was after- wards proved to be a gigantic imposture.* This is not the case with the lower jaws of Naulette, Aurignac, and Arcy, which are un- doubtedly genuine and of great antiquity. The Naulette jaw is, indeed, very imperfect, yet we can trace the construction of the symphysis of the chin, malar bone from the spheno-maxillary fissure of the orbit has up to this time been too rarely observed in anthropoids to merit serious consideration in this work. * Joly, Man before Metals: 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 Hartmann, Robert, 1832-1893. New York, D. Appleton and Co.
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