The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-10-16
SAID TO BE THE MISSING LINK.
A Strange Object that Combines Human
and Animal Characteristics.

A Strange Object that Combines Human
and Animal characteristics.
NEW YORK, September 90.-Mr. Rob-
ert Filkins, who went to Europe with the
Hayerly Mastodon Minstrels, returned to
America some weeks ago to arrange for
the coming of what he claims is the miss
ing link in the chain of evidence support.
ing the Darwinian theory of mans tran.
sition from the monkey state. The being
was shown to-day to number of scien.
fists at Central Park, and was compared
to the chimpauzee which belongs to the
geological garden of that establishment.
In some respects the new specimen
proved to be an advancement over the
chimpanzee in some others the chin.
panzee had the advantage. For instance,
tae monkey has no tail, while the new
specimen, which arrived last night and
was shown to-day by Mr.. Fikins, has
at least the beginning of one. The new
specimen, on the other hand, talks in
Burmese and slightly in German, while
the chimpanzee naturally cannot speak
at all. The new specimen is called
"Krao." She is nothing more nor less
than an interesting and engaging female,
with several characteristics akin to those
of the gorilla tribe. Col. Yule some time
ago discovered tribe of ".hairy men" in
q remote portion of the world, and Krao
who was found in Laos, region near
Siam, by the distinguished traveller Carl
book, corresponds with the description
given of that race. 1t is said that the
race to which Krao belongs live in rude
huts built in the branches of trees, and
subsist on fish, which they eat raw, and
fruit. The whole body is covered with
hair, which gives a gorilla.like appear.
ance. Though Krao's father and mother
were captured along with her, she is the
on'v one of the three who was safely
brought to Europe; but from photographs
of the parents which Mr.. Filkens pos.
sesses, the public can judge of the appear.
ance of the adults of this strange race of
beings. Krao herself bears strong re.
sembance to her parents, and affords in
every feature perfect proof of the extra
ordinary position which she holds as the
missing link, between man and monkey.
From the crown of her head to the soles
of her feet, she is covered with long, fur
like hair, jet black in color and quite
soft to the touch. From her eyebrows
upward, her whole head is adorned with
hair of rather coarse texture, while her
arms, hands, legs and feet and the whole
body are completely enveloped in q
natural soft fur of black hair, entirely
covering her dark skin. The nose lis
level with the rest of the face, as in the
monkey, and in her full, rounded, punch
like cheeks she will stuff food just like:a
monkey does. But Krao is by no means i'll
looking. Her eyes are strikingly beau.
tifnl, large and full, proclaiming her
human affinity. In her habits, Krao is
half human, half monkey. AS rule,
she is as playful, as gentle, as good.
tempered as any child could he. She
will grin with delight at any one who
plays with her, and loves romp with
her feel. She has the unmistakable
monkey.like habit of turning the soles
of her feet up fiat even when sitting down.
Although she does not possess an actual
talk, she has the rudiments of one, and
the formation of the lower part Of her
body is altogether more like that of a
monkey than human child. 1t has
often been said that monkey will not
speak because he knows that if he did
he would be made to work. Krao, at
any rate, can speak just little. She
has a slight smattering of Malay, picked
up during her stay at Bangkok, and has
added to her vocabulary few words of
English and q good deal of German.
Krao, who is about II years Of age,
arrived in England in October last. She
is learning the English alphabet, and
promises to make good progress in the
accomplishments of reading and writing.
The hair on her body is said to be rapidly
growing, and it is believed that by the
time she reaches adult.age she will have
as great a hirsute adornment as her
parents. Her head is covered with a
perfectly black shock Of straight dull
hair, which conceals the ears, the upper
part of the forehead and posterior surface
of the neck. On raising this investment,
q collection of hair is noticed on each :.
cheek anterior to the ears, resembling q
short whisker Her eyebrows are large
and bushy. A portion of each cheek is
free from hairy growth. This, like the
remainder of the integument, is of dark
chocolate tint. The hands are well shaped
and perfectly human, the dorsal surface
as we'll as the palms being destitute OF
hair. The nails are we'll formed, differ.
ing in no respect from those of q moder-
ately dark European. There is no resenl-
blance to fur in the hair Of Krao. On
the arms, legs and exposed parts it is a :.
little over an inch in length, but not very
dense, so that the subjacent skin can be
readily perceived, and even the cicatrices
of vaccination, an operation performed in
England some few months ago. The
opening of the eyelids is round, not slit
like, as in the Chinese and other members
of the NIongolian. family. Krao is not to
be exhibited in New York. She was
merely shown to-day to oblige number
of physicians and other scientific people
who had read of her in the German and
English medical works. / was invited
to attend among the rest, and 1 must ad--
nit that have never seen any animal at
all equal to this in the matter of interest
in establishing strange theory. Krao
most singulafly combines the character
istics of men and monkeys, and the first
exclamation of everybody after careful
examination of to-day was, "Old Darwin
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