Let us turn from a tribe of which the existence is still dubious, to consider the portraits we subjoin of a man and woman, aborigines of Queensland, in a district watered by the Ballone. These are Aidanill, the brother, and Dewan, the sister, members of a hairless family. The indefatigable Miklucho-Maclay went to Gulnarber, 140 miles from Tulba, in order to examine them, and took the photographs from which our illustrations are taken.[21] A likeness to the chimpanzee, when deprived of its hair, may be traced in the keel or roof-shaped form of the skull; in the prominence of the supra-orbital arches; in the deep depression between the forehead and nose, of which only the centre of the bridge has a slight vertical elevation; in the broad, flattened nostrils, bounded by deep furrows; in the wide, fleshy mouth, and the large, laterally projecting ears. Gratiolet and Alix give such a head in their treatise on _Troglodytes Aubryi_ (Figs. 25, 26, 27). When we add to this the dark brown skin, the deeply furrowed countenance, and the dark brown eyes, as they are described by Miklucho-Maclay, the external resemblance between many of the Australian aborigines and apes becomes more marked. [Illustration: Fig. 27.--Dewan, Aidanill’s sister.] Projecting ears are common among men of different races, and I have observed them in Europeans who are otherwise well formed. Even in this latter case the effect is ape-like. Much has been said of the resemblance which may often be observed between the human ear and that of apes. It is admitted that hardly any part of the organism varies so much in its characteristics as the external ear. This is the case with anthropoids, and almost more frequently with men. Individuals of all nations are found with defective development of this or that characteristic helix, angle tragus, notch concha, and fossa, with lobules imperfectly formed or altogether absent. I have frequently observed such misshapen ears, which vary from the perfect type, and bear a certain resemblance to the ear of apes, among the hard-featured peasantry of Germany, Switzerland, France, Italy, and Poland, who cannot be said to count beauty as part of their inheritance. In Africa I found this defective formation more common among the Maltese, Greeks, and Turks who were living in the country, than among the fellaheen, Berbers, and negroes. The latter have been unjustly charged with the possession of “hideous ape-like ears,” whereas, among the African races, these organs are, in the majority of cases, of a pleasing form. With respect to the Australian blacks, and to the Malay, Mongolian, and Indian races, I cannot rely on my personal observation. According to my very limited experience, there is much individual variation among these races, and ears of the hideous, ape-like formation might be sought for with success. The specific resemblance to apes can, indeed, only be ascertained by one who is accurately acquainted with the organism of these animals.