This simian world . esIt mean, for example, that the more differentmates that each simian once learned to charm,the more rapidly language, and with it civiliza-tion, advanced? TWEL V E A doctor, who was making a study of monkeys,once told me that he was trying experiments thatbore on the polygamy question. He had a youngmonkey named Jack who had mated with a fe-male named Jill; and in another cage anothernewly-wedded pair, Arabella and Archer. Eachpair seemed absorbed in each other, and devotedand happy. They even hugged each other atmealtime and exchanged bits of food. After a time their tran
This simian world . esIt mean, for example, that the more differentmates that each simian once learned to charm,the more rapidly language, and with it civiliza-tion, advanced? TWEL V E A doctor, who was making a study of monkeys,once told me that he was trying experiments thatbore on the polygamy question. He had a youngmonkey named Jack who had mated with a fe-male named Jill; and in another cage anothernewly-wedded pair, Arabella and Archer. Eachpair seemed absorbed in each other, and devotedand happy. They even hugged each other atmealtime and exchanged bits of food. After a time their transports grew less fiery,and their affections less fixed. Archer got a bitbored. He was decent about it, though, andwhen Arabella cuddled beside him he wouldmore or less perfunctorily embrace her. Butwhen he forgot, she grew cross. The same thing occurred a little later in theJack and Jill cage, only there it was Jill who be-came a little tired of Jack. Soon each pair was quarreling. They usually-65- This Simian World. soon, and startedloving it peteredout; each timemore quickly. Meanwhilethe two fam-ilies had be-come interestedin watching eachother. When Jill had repulsed Jack, and hehad moped about it awhile, he would beginstaring at Arabella, over opposite, and tryingto attract her attention. This got Jack in troubleall around. Arabella indignantly made faces athim and then turned her back; and as for Jill,she grew furious, and tore otit his fur. But in the next stage, they even stopped hat-ing each other. Each pair grew indifferent. Then the doctor put Jack in with Arabella, and Archer with Jill. Arabella promptly yielded to Jack. New devotion. More transports. Jill and Archer were shocked. Jill clung to the bars of -66- This Simian World her cage, quivering, and screaming remon-strance; and even blase Archer chattered angrilyat some of the scenes. Then the doctor hung cur-tains between the cages to shut out the view. Jilland Archer, left to each other, grew interes
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