RECORD: Darwin, C. R. Abstract of Mivart, On the appendicular skeleton of the primates. CUL-DAR87.28. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
NOTE: Corrections by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 4.2022. RN3
Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volumes CUL-DAR 87-90 contain material for Darwin's book Descent of man 2d ed. (1874-1877).
Mivart, St. George. 1867. On the appendicular skeleton of the primates. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London 157: 299-429.
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Supra-condyloid Foramen
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Mr M. says "is only present in the Anthropodea (this includes all except Lemuridae) in Cebus & other American forms — is present in all Lemuridae except Arctocebus.
Therefore I must add that the presence of the foramen in a nearly perfect condition in man can only very doubtfully be attributed to reversion, seeing that it is present only in forms which represent the extremely remote progenitors of man.
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(There is another foramen in the humerus, which may be called the inter-condyloid; & this occurs in various genera of Anthropoid & other apes,* 38 & occasionally is present in man. It is remarkable that this foramen seems to have been much more frequently present during ancient & then during recent times.
*38 Mr St. George Mivart, Transact. Phil. Soc. 1867. p. 310
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