RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1869.11.03. Man [monkeys]. CUL-DAR80.B107. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 9.2020. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volumes CUL-DAR80-86 contain material for Darwin's book Descent of man (1871).

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Monkeys use their thumbs in taking a nut, in holding the neck of a bottle, in ascending a rope, in opposition to the fingers.

One used both thumbs in opening a muscle shell.

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