"Foetal" Quotes from Famous Books
... woodcut serves still further to show vestigial resemblances between the human ear and that of apes. The last two figures illustrate the general resemblance between the normal ear of foetal man and the ear of an adult orang-outang. The other two figures on the lower line are intended to exhibit occasional modifications of the adult human ear, which approximate simian characters somewhat more closely than does the normal type. It will be observed that in their ... — Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) • George John Romanes |