Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-07-26
MISC L IAN u.s..
MANS PLACE IN NATURE.

we ind upon the most exact examination
that man is more nearly related to the high
est apes than are the latter to the lowest
apes. 1t would therefore be wholly forced.
and unnatural to regard man in. the zoologi-:
cal system as constituting a distinct order,
and thus to separate him from the true ape.
Rather is the scientific BIOLOGIST compelled,
whether it is agreeable~to him Or not, to
rank man within the order of the true ape
(Simie)."a@ 5v'e.rr a..la"fo elna u
10 whatever minuti5e of detail the COM
parison is carried. we reach in every case
the same result. Between man aud the an
tllropoid apes there are the closest Matomi-
cal and physiological resemblances. In
form and function, there is the most exact
agreement between all the corresponding
bones of the skeleton Of each the same ar
rangement and structure of the MUSCLES,
nerves and entire ~viscera, and Of the spleen,
liver and lungs-the latter being q matter
of especial signifcdnee, FOR between the
manner of breathing and the PROCESS Of nu-
triton there is the closestarelatiotl. .a..
The. brain, also, is subject to, the same
laws Of development, and differs. only with
regard to size. The minute structure Of the
skin, nails, and even the hair, is identical in
character. Although III an has Host the
greater part Of his hairy covering. asADar-
win thinks, in consequence Of eXual selec-
ton, yet the r1{lime ataryi hairs. upon the
body correspond, in many respects, to those
ofth aiitIrob6fds. %1he" formation Of the
beard is the same in both cases while the
face and ears remain bare. Anthropoids
and men becomeagrayhairedsi in old age. But
the most remarkable circumstance is. tllat.
upon the upper arm, thetlAirs are, in both
eases, directed downward, and upon the
lower arm upward while'ii the case of the
halfapes it is different, and not as soft rs
that Of man and the anthropoids.
1.-The eye, on account of its dcfieatea stfuct-
urc, is peculiarly suitable tor comparisons
.oftl,is kind; and we find here the greatest
similarity even inflammation, and green
cataract occur, under the same circum-
stances, in both. See, also, Darwin upon
VIA pQiihlis9disrd 9aiAnaa .g1orsa lgas s3t IN
There is no, moro striking'proof that man
ana the, anthropoid apes haTe the same an
atomical and physiological nature. and re-
aiEire the spn G tpoeh,F than MeSinaaritg of
their blood. Under the microscope the
blood coipuscles are identical III form and
aa~peqpgraHee;;, While .t THOSE IQ'ff TIC gearniyora
are clearly different from them.
- It may now be interestilag.aiin co1firna-
tom of what has beenesaiti. to refer to fam-
il life, and, if one may SO speak, to the
mental and moral,liteLof heCant,ropui1s.
like man, the ape provides with exceeding
care, for its Young, 50 that IFS parental sallec-
ton has become proverbial. Connubial
fidelity is a general and well know virtue.
,'REe mother ape, lGalats young to the wa
td", and washes its face and hands In spite
q its crying. Wounds are also washed out,
With water. The, ape. when. in distress,
Nsiil weep like a human being, and in ~:lhan-
Lev that is said to be very affecting. loungi
apes manifest the same tendencies as human
ahiIdren. When domesticated, they are in
youth docile and ,teacllable, and, also, at
times. like all Children, disobcdient. In old
aee they often become snorose and capri
cious. Most apes construct huts, or, at least
roots, as q protection from the, weather, and
s,eep IN q Kind Of bed.
One peculiaritytis alone common to them
and man, and this is tie habit OF lying upon
Tie back in sleep. In battle they defend
Themselves with their fists aud long sticks:
and, under Otherwise like circumstances.
they manifest like passions and emotions
With man !. as JOY and sorrow, pain aud en-
Ny, revenge ana sympathy. In death, espe-