Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-10-06
Our &"snropsid Cousins
WHERE THE LINE Is DRAWN RErwrrN


tM. II. CONWAY Loadon Letter IN the Gin
cinnAii Cnmmt rcial
This week Prof Carol hell . cSa-,,,na
receI ion in the monkey non, . In m -
logical ga dens, and discoursed TO the p4opIe
about TIE sutbrOp apes. Toe pro essen
made IL plain that the authropotds ara Lna
s'Inlal ar.stoc7 H"y, even n W. may no, Tr ore
accurately ca hem our p or hum an rela-
lions. AS prosect of the Y ologlc Al -o,i.tv
The professor statat that ne hal uI<Se ed
W nty apes out q. tn- ant ropoidal class
aud not ole of them eXh biz q the vermiform
APP mage of The cOprum or blind gut which
IL Characteristic o! ma But the anthr rpnitis
hrN- IL quiie hu .nauly developed. TIE hands
sid teet 81 ah oursnZ recently dead were ex-
nloi'e Ell along with those IF "a man and eXhi o.
LEO The same structure. L ~ manners and
customs o. gorI la W re- described from
auihentir observations. and their domeS ic
arrangements. their Sleeping hammpckS
htu use of stones IN cracking nuts increased
The impres'lon male that this animal Is
TefI humsn Ike. indeed. Prof Gtrrb1
showed that the s'ruc-urdl resemble. rAS
between the = tn Topo q apes and m Al are -
cln>t thGt the hsoI Tor the mental . Il
mora d nerences remains sJill an unSoIv-d
pE0h'en. Perhaps n mCSI striEi ~ nor i.,r,
n his discussions wa- that I'm wilicl NO
proved mat the vocal organs OF NAV are
} cent alto la the anthropold ape. Tue pa
does no. converse ard We. the al f..reu,.a 60
tween h's vocal apparatus ard that Of ma.
= 40 lnnnlte-lmal ~ Ia DEFY OBS arv4tinn II
Ia ih's point, however. ina phvSiorp..-.,t
FhNe>tlSajlOn mus. nov be- par. icui4rl. IL
rected.
Prof Huxley declares that. Ia his mini.
'h' ''iiN III ttS ttl6l hIfAin Fi ft.4
mental am renee h-iw-'n tn aurn oop sId
ape AID msr T. thI~ phenomenon of Al
sHaEe. 1ni> nearu him Sag "a a lee lIre AT
M Royal college OF surgeons. Ilnguags
implies CnrN0ltt' on; comps son of * .,..ri-
enc'. EecrA sariiy enhod : ITSELF ma Jha y-if-
len form, becomes the store house OF r.c.S
resi- l. IN iIfrTe. crS. and in th, gi-d m
winch can 'niroi sHi notify MATINEE ,V1a-s
.n dumb erect re ~ controlled al an ,itti.I
by nature. ~ IN power of ipt.-Il gent All
purpose u s"."csIog al coinbina.i11 "a -
t''F'N i-N i'.A Ab INV talk. D IN
un"'a nir z"t era iuaIlv build 10 a better
bFHi0 C'| zee -h'u. structure a. TIM pp-S .>-4
ny 80 %'l'nrt tust cOud uot LalE. a.t ~
cpNi" 20, "'.i.h the "hrl Il '.a % gp'rtsf4a
81 htS ieil"w~ fer the work Of iuar.sv.ra...,r
~ u should Poe 'fua'eiy .iej"rui - hv ,-y--
J. f'-i,t> litt' To- ~ - ans p'utslN No fl frs
euCe between fn- 20 a Organs Of me s,-,-
thiopcl' al man. refuge WON'T have .
re ieFen iu fn- EEpO,hASi, nat there Is
some point '' tie ANNA brain corr.sn.rl
D." 10 he vocal power. which doe, no. rx-
1c'iy rhyme with IN lart.r Ia iae 4nt.rr.,-
nH'", tul does rhyme with IL Iu tn nt.-t
inns 'n assumption 81 tha truth II Prof
Huxley vi-W~ ~ tn pnprmou> 10 y.-r - f-,
= q ior b. Tie atJain peut OF speech \ ljt-ls
fthtct o. VIII show .h1t the probabilities are
G.. the side 81 Prof HuXley'- view: aud al
though Cay ie has a. c.dai tnat stpernaps
mere ls uoi i0 nature a more disrr .ct4i
pith tHHm ihan yoIr so-ctllel eloquent
speaker II i not uEtI kelV Ia turn ON fb.f
'l9lEee-tE Ike l. the sceptrr OF man o. his
planet IL il, huWev- r. far too Sopn 10 take
refuge IN he cerebral hypothesis above men
cIOrds in ordinary animals and i'm man NAV
De compares 10 That OF plain tube ami mo
mouth piece a. q Il tgeOlet. In prOpDrt ion a
one emu OF the tube Is made SIN Her Won
may WhlSila louder through il aDi when .
Is almost closet, a in the flage1let YOU g.t
o musical voice. Tue vOcal chords which
run parallel I'm animals. converge until thy
alnlC>' come in contact in man: and Pro-
GaTTad showed a similar cnay,.,z,-,,ra n tie .
aHihropOic ape. But the whole or .ansn is
a gion OF The utmost delicacy aud fi.fel. IS
ana Stree The experiments OF H"i nhp'ty one 3
my understand that difference of n ,fr'S
breadth, difference unobServsbe TO thu ,
eye, IN Eht he represented bv an eplralv I
nrw set Of yihTal ions, aud these might H. ,
the very series which bridge thu chaS,l ~
tween The animal chatter aud Articula e. 4
speech.
1t Is possible that Mr. Darwin in hfS form 4
coming biography OF an Iufsut' may I
throw some / ght on this genera subfe.f .
EYer Slfce that careful investigator and /
powerful reasoAer punished his - scent ~ .
Man, many, who before had supposed r-las .
SlI embryonic changes ceased ~ ~ ral. Il,v,.
Deen closely obSerVl' 2 the yhysi ral prpgrp-s .
ni men babes IL is within nay know. jga .
thSt Nr. Dar~iD's arteItiot vas drawn 80 ~. .
years ago L. some carefully o. Op.rrE. .
tloTS az Tue NATy Iry squads ana cries y,f.r. r
pfeceIei inc cnIi0's attain rI-uf al speech 4
ihh Geo, !he Whln-, tn hiss, aud - on
~ d thai The great eVo!lti"uiSt then tl.usnl E
lhe SUBJECT or I'M ppr ancR Gtlr q com. 4
lariNO6 ct similar Ob>ervafiDl~ dc..r.Af. /
W neither he has ben abb 20 DsItiu srIrG ar /
whether he has obtained an clear result r. .
mains 10 be seen; but IL is ohvioHs tIEr CO. .
servatonS of infants al tEe time .v.t.. D.. !
arttcu late noises are beyiunlr, Z, sr,rs
themselves INTO worms are really S.u1i-S II I
embryonic la' suage. IL is pos hle taat ~
turh observations. by 4 study Of y brtr.a.- 3
ana by the lars horoscope. phvSI0logv ar,.i (
aulnropology may gain a hiBI OF two tonrar4
oeHhlt lbe lie where distinctive hum s5n-
begins.