RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1871]. Abstract of Huxley, Anatomy of Vertebrated Animals. CUL-DAR88.87. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 9.2021. 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-DAR 87-90 contain material for Darwin's book Descent of man 2d ed. (1874-1877).
Huxley, T. H. 1871. A manual of the anatomy of the vertebrated animals. London: J. & A. Churchill.[87]
Huxley, Anat. of Vert. Animals p. 48 speaks of a polydactyl in the Elasmobranch fishes
469 Divides all Catarrhines in 2 great groups - Anthropomorphous & all others
p 482 specifies certain muscles, which latter possess, but man does not.
p 486 on 2 kinds of air-sacks in Hylobates & Gorilla &c
p 487 on variation of skulls, on their affinity to man
p 491 on sole muscle possessed by man & not yet found in Apes.
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