A Hand-book to the Primates, Volume 2 (of 2)Forbes, Henry O. (Henry Ogg)
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A Hand-book to the Primates, Volume 2 (of 2)
Forbes, Henry O. (Henry Ogg)
Primates
In the Palæolithic Terrace-Gravels at Galley Hill, in Kent, in strata in
which numerous palæolithic implements have been found, one of the most
interesting discoveries of the ancient inhabitants of England was made in
1895. In these strata was discovered a human skull with a lower jaw, and
parts of the limb bones. The skull is very long and narrow; its breadth
index being above 64, and its height index 67. The supraciliary ridges were
large and the glabella prominent, with the forehead receding and the
occiput flattened below, while the hindmost molar was larger than the
first. The skull showed numerous points of resemblance to the Neanderthal
and Spy crania; as well as presenting affinities with the skulls of the
early Neolithic race. The limb bones gave indication that the individual
was short of stature, standing slightly over five feet. The evidence that
these remains were embedded naturally in the Pleistocene age in the
apparently undisturbed gravels in which they were found, and not interred
at a much later period, was very strong.
PLATE XLVIII.
ANTHROPOIDEA
[Illustration: _VII. MAP, Showing the distribution of the Genera
Semnopithecus (Blue), Nasalis (Brown), and Colobus (Red)._]
PLATE XLIX.
ANTHROPOIDEA
[Illustration: _VIII. MAP, Showing the distribution of the Genera Hylobates
(Red), Simia (Blue), Gorilla (Brown), and Anthropopithecus (Green)._]
ALPHABETICAL INDEX.
abelii, Simia, ii. 171
Pongo, ii. 171
acolytus, Hyopsodus, i. 123; ii. 252
Adapidæ, i. 119
Adapis, i. 111, 113, 114, 119; ii. 227, 238
angustidens, i. 120; ii. 242
lemuroides, i. 120; ii. 242
magna, i. 120; ii. 242
minor, i. 120; ii. 242
parisiensis, i. 120; ii. 242
tenebrosus, i. 120; ii. 252
adrotes, Satyrus, ii. 181
adusta, Simia, i. 185
ægyptiaca, Hamadryas, i. 272
æmulus, Anaptomorphus, i. 118; ii. 252
æthiopicus, Cercopithecus, ii. 39
æthiops, Cercocebus, ii. 38, 39, 245
Cercopithecus, ii. 38
Simia, ii. 38
Agile Gibbon, ii. 151
agilis, Hylobates, ii. 149, 151; ii. 249
Pithecus, ii. 151
agisymbianus, Otolemur, i. 40
agrias, Simia, ii. 170
alba, Pithecia, i. 178
albicans, Pithecia, i. 183
albicollis, Hapale, i. 132
albifrons, Ateles, i. 233
Cebus, i. 213, 218; ii. 255, 256
Simia, i. 213
Lemur, i. 73
albigena, Cercocebus, ii. 40, 41, 245
Presbytis, ii. 40
Semnocebus, ii. 40
albigularis, Cercopithecus, ii. 67, 69, 70, 245, 246, 247
albimana, Simia, ii. 160
albimanus, Hylobates, ii. 160
Lemur, i. 74
albinasa, Chiropotes, i. 188
Pithecia, i. 188; ii. 255
albinus, Presbytis, ii. 113
albipes, Semnopithecus, ii. 108
albocinereus, Semnopithecus, ii. 123, 138
albogularis, Semnopithecus, ii. 67
Semnopithecus, ii. 105
albus, Cebus, i. 209
alleni, Galago, i. 43; ii. 245
Otolicnus, i. 43
Allen's Galago, i. 43
Alouatta, i. 192, 229, 247; ii. 210, 228, 239
beelzebul, i. 197; ii. 255
niger, i. 199
nigra, i.
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