On the Relations of Man to the Lower Animals
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In the lower Monkeys and in the Lemurs the difference becomes morestriking still, the pelvis acquiring an altogether quadrupedalcharacter.
But now let us turn to a nobler and more characteristic organ--thatby which the human frame seems to be, and indeed is, so stronglydistinguished from all others, --I mean the skull. The differencesbetween a Gorilla's skull and a Man's are truly immense (Fig. 16). In the former, the face, formed largely by the massive jaw-bones, predominates over the brain ca...se, or cranium proper: in the latter, theproportions of the two are reversed. In the Man, the occipital foramen, through which passes the great nervous cord connecting the brain withthe nerves of the body, is placed just behind the centre of the base ofthe skull, which thus becomes evenly balanced in the erect posture; inthe Gorilla, it lies in the posterior third of that base. In the Man, the surface of the skull is comparatively smooth, and the supraciliaryridges or brow prominences usually project but little--while, in theGorilla, vast crests are developed upon the skull, and the brow ridgesoverhang, the cavernous orbits, like great penthouses.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
In the lower Monkeys and in the Lemurs the difference becomes morestriking still, the pelvis acquiring an altogether quadrupedalcharacter.
But now let us turn to a nobler and more characteristic organ--thatby which the human frame seems to be, and indeed is, so stronglydistinguished from all others, --I mean the skull. The differencesbetween a Gorilla's skull and a Man's are truly immense (Fig. 16). In the former, the face, formed largely by the massive jaw-bones, predominates over the brain ca...se, or cranium proper: in the latter, theproportions of the two are reversed. In the Man, the occipital foramen, through which passes the great nervous cord connecting the brain withthe nerves of the body, is placed just behind the centre of the base ofthe skull, which thus becomes evenly balanced in the erect posture; inthe Gorilla, it lies in the posterior third of that base. In the Man, the surface of the skull is comparatively smooth, and the supraciliaryridges or brow prominences usually project but little--while, in theGorilla, vast crests are developed upon the skull, and the brow ridgesoverhang, the cavernous orbits, like great penthouses.
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