Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-16
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"Thc mans hand is made so that il cal
grasp sphere easily. while that OF til !
ape Is more fitted TO grasp a cylindrical
object, such as "a tree branch. The man
fingers move ob!Qucly, so that they clos
over lie base o: the thumb The ape
fingers close directly over the palm oI
the hand.
The apes are right handed like tn1
vast majority OF men The large line1
upon ~" palm OF the hand run straight
across IN the ape. while they are curved
III NAN. owing to the different action oil
The fingers.
l"c ap" has an orposablc thumb. 4
feature tha' has been oil enormous vaiu4
III man development. bu. the lines shoH
that the former uses his thumb more 70 |
han2in: on 10 trees than for closing n
upon the palm. The Ncshv. muscula
formation al the base OF the humarI
thunb is represented by relatively
small and fat formation In the ape. Th.I
whole palm OF the s!mien hand Is com
parativcly Hat and undcvcloped The,
bones OF The palm and fingers are proporI
tionateiy larger than the mans
The apo has q complicated system al
lines upon its hand like those OF a mani
although here again there is an unmisl
takably difference between them Thd
ape was born with these lines upon it'd
hand, and they have been transmitted
apes have hands that could be confused
With one another. and il record OF apeI
iiHg"r prints were kept il would be easy}
10 identify mo simian suspect OF Cler1
lnoni.fcrrand
when we examine the apes foot wei
realize clearly that il belongs 10 a d!s1
t!act family from man. whatever the rel
lat.onShID may be- The ape has big|
toe that is opposable To the sole of its
yl,,n Z, T..
possible To its hand In man there is al
.igament connecting the big toe with
nc second toe, which is lacking in the|
pc. Man does not use his foot 10 grasp
.hin2s with, while the ape uses il even
more than his hand for this purpose
The apes small toes have an oblique
movement toward tile base of the big
.oc IN fact. the apes foot is more like
human hand than is its iorehand."
There are perhaps some facts in the
possession Of the Clcrmont.Ferrand pol
ice which prove more strongly than isl
now known that an ape was In the roomt
'hey nave not made public the finger
orint impressions they have obtained.
'iu the ape leave any oil its hair about
the room? What was the weapon that
It used? These are obviously points Of
the utmost Importance.
II is astonishing in how many re-
Stccls me roe story and the real French
case resemble one another In the story
GIRL Madcmoscilc L'lIspanayc, and
nct mother were the victims. They
we're my6ieriously murdered in their
bedroom al night
when the facts in THE Murders Of
nc ltue Morgue" were so inreniousIy
cleared MP by Poe's fictitious detective.
~ D"pin, it was found that the ape had
Decn surprised shaving itself with its
owners razor that the owner pursued
me animal through the streets. and that
u ran up lightning rod, carving tho
razor TO the women's room. where It
slaughtered them
III 'oc Poe story the unintelligible
SOUNDS neard coming from the room by
The neishbors formed an important cine
N nnraveiiing the mystery. This fea-
ture mas not been dwelt on very strongly
IN the ClcrmontFerrand case, but the
curious discoveries about iingerprints
add n modern scientific element to the
latest mystery.