Man and Apes: An Exposition of Structural Resemblances and Differences Bearing Upon Questions of Affinity and Origin (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Mivart, St. George

9781332058433: Man and Apes: An Exposition of Structural Resemblances and Differences Bearing Upon Questions of Affinity and Origin (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 1332058434 ISBN 13: 9781332058433

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from Man and Apes: An Exposition of Structural Resemblances and Differences Bearing Upon Questions of Affinity and Origin

The too frequent injustice of popular awards is a trite subject of remark. Christopher Columbus, with a hardihood now somewhat difficult to realise, sailed across an utterly unknown ocean to the discovery of a New World, which nevertheless has not received its appellation from him, but from his imitator, Amerigo Vespucci.

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Excerpt from Man and Apes: An Exposition of Structural Resemblances and Differences Bearing Upon Questions of Affinity and Origin

1. The Gorilla (Troglodytes Gorilla).

2. Skull of the Gorilla vertically and antero-posteriorly bisected, to show the great sagittal crest (s) rising above the brain cavity, and the supra-orbital crest (0) above the orbit.

3. The Squirrel Monkey (Chrysothrix sciurea).

4. The Potto (Perodicticus Potto), showing the rudimentary condition of the index nger.

5. The Angw�ntibo (Arctocebus calabarensis).

6. The Tarsier( Tarsius spectrum), showing the foot at its maximum of elongation, relatively, in the whole order Primates.

7. The Aye-Aye (Cheiromys madagascariensis).

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.