RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Mivart, On the appendicular skeleton of the primates, 1867. CUL-DAR80.B92. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 10.2021. RN1
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St. George Mivart. 1867. On the appendicular skeleton of the primates. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 157 (1 Jan.): 299-429.
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Phil. Transact 1867. p. 410 by St. Mivart. on appendicular skeleton - man only one of the exceptional forms in Primates
p 411 man in the pes pes differs less from Gorilla, than latter from Orangs
Manus Hand of Cynocephalus is indeed like that of Man, when compared with Ateles, Tarsius &c.
411 412} Great difference in appendicular skeletal lemur with his position in a distinct family
- Fam is of Hominidæ, Simiidæ, Cebidæ, Hapalidæ.
424. In The diagram it is the oss [illeg], which cause man to diverge so much from Anthropoidea (I must ask him)
do. in Transact. Zoolog. Soc. Vol VI. Part 4. 1867 p. 214. "Thus the Orangs is one of the most peculiar & aberrant forms to be found in the order. Primates."
Mr St G. makes the Hominidæ equal to the Simiidæ which include the old-world monkeys alone.
p 300
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