The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 | Page 4

OF MAN AND GORILLA 164
THE SKULL AND BRAIN-CASE OF PITHECANTHROPUS, THE JAVA APE-MAN, AS RESTORED BY J. H. MCGREGOR FROM THE SCANTY REMAINS 164
SUGGESTED GENEALOGICAL TREE OF MAN AND ANTHROPOID APES 165
THE GIBBON IS LOWER THAN THE OTHER APES AS REGARDS ITS SKULL AND DENTITION, BUT IT IS HIGHLY SPECIALIZED IN THE ADAPTATION OF ITS LIMBS TO ARBOREAL LIFE 166 Photo: New York Zoological Park.
THE ORANG HAS A HIGH ROUNDED SKULL AND A LONG FACE 166 Photo: New York Zoological Park.
COMPARISONS OF THE SKELETONS OF HORSE AND MAN 167 Photo: British Museum (Natural History).
A RECONSTRUCTION OF THE JAVA MAN (Coloured Illustration) 168
PROFILE VIEW OF THE HEAD OF PITHECANTHROPUS, THE JAVA APE-MAN--AN EARLY OFFSHOOT FROM THE MAIN LINE OF MAN'S ASCENT 170 After a model by J. H. McGregor.
PILTDOWN SKULL 170 From the reconstruction by J. H. McGregor.
SAND-PIT AT MAUER, NEAR HEIDELBERG: DISCOVERY SITE OF THE JAW OF HEIDELBERG MAN 171 Reproduced by permission from Osborn's Men of the Old Stone Age.
PAINTINGS ON THE ROOF OF THE ALTAMIRA CAVE IN NORTHERN SPAIN, SHOWING A BISON AND A GALLOPING BOAR (Coloured Illustration) 172
PILTDOWN MAN, PRECEDING NEANDERTHAL MAN, PERHAPS 100,000 TO 150,000 YEARS AGO 174 After the restoration modelled by J. H. McGregor.
THE NEANDERTHAL MAN OF LA CHAPELLE-AUX-SAINTS 175 After the restoration modelled by J. H. McGregor.
RESTORATION BY A. FORESTIER OF THE RHODESIAN MAN WHOSE SKULL WAS DISCOVERED IN 1921 176-177
SIDE VIEW OF A PREHISTORIC HUMAN SKULL DISCOVERED IN 1921 IN BROKEN HILL CAVE, NORTHERN RHODESIA 178 Photo: British Museum (Natural History).
A CROMAGNON MAN OR CROMAGNARD, REPRESENTATIVE OF A STRONG ARTISTIC RACE LIVING IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE IN THE UPPER PLEISTOCENE, PERHAPS 25,000 YEARS AGO 178 After the restoration modelled by J. H. McGregor.
PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING A NARROW PASSAGE IN THE CAVERN OF FONT-DE-GAUME ON THE BEUNE 179 Reproduced by permission from Osborn's Men of the Old Stone Age.
A MAMMOTH DRAWN ON THE WALL OF THE FONT-DE-GAUME CAVERN 179
A GRAZING BISON, DELICATELY AND CAREFULLY DRAWN, ENGRAVED ON A WALL OF THE ALTAMIRA CAVE, NORTHERN SPAIN 179
PHOTOGRAPH OF A MEDIAN SECTION THROUGH THE SHELL OF THE PEARLY NAUTILUS 186
PHOTOGRAPH OF THE ENTIRE SHELL OF THE PEARLY NAUTILUS 186
NAUTILUS 186
SHOEBILL 187 Photo: W. S. Berridge.
THE WALKING-FISH OR MUD-SKIPPER (Periophthalmus), COMMON AT THE MOUTHS OF RIVERS IN TROPICAL AFRICA, ASIA, AND NORTH-WEST AUSTRALIA 190
THE AUSTRALIAN MORE-PORK OR PODARGUS 190 Photo: The Times.
PELICAN'S BILL, ADAPTED FOR CATCHING AND STORING FISHES 191
SPOONBILL'S BILL, ADAPTED FOR SIFTING THE MUD AND CATCHING THE SMALL ANIMALS, E.G. FISHES, CRUSTACEANS, INSECT LARV?, WHICH LIVE THERE 191
AVOCET'S BILL, ADAPTED FOR A CURIOUS SIDEWAYS SCOOPING IN THE SHORE-POOLS AND CATCHING SMALL ANIMALS 191
HORNBILL'S BILL, ADAPTED FOR EXCAVATING A NEST IN A TREE, AND ALSO FOR SEIZING AND BREAKING DIVERSE FORMS OF FOOD, FROM MAMMALS TO TORTOISES, FROM ROOTS TO FRUITS 191
FALCON'S BILL, ADAPTED FOR SEIZING, KILLING, AND TEARING SMALL MAMMALS AND BIRDS 191
PUFFIN'S BILL, ADAPTED FOR CATCHING SMALL FISHES NEAR THE SURFACE OF THE SEA, AND FOR HOLDING THEM WHEN CAUGHT AND CARRYING THEM TO THE NEST 191
LIFE-HISTORY OF A FROG 192
HIND-LEG OF WHIRLIGIG BEETLE WHICH HAS BECOME BEAUTIFULLY MODIFIED FOR AQUATIC LOCOMOTION 192 Photo: J. J. Ward, F.E.S.
THE BIG ROBBER-CRAB (Birgus Latro), THAT CLIMBS THE COCONUT PALM AND BREAKS OFF THE NUTS 193
EARLY LIFE-HISTORY OF THE SALMON 196
THE SALMON LEAPING AT THE FALL IS A MOST FASCINATING SPECTACLE 197
DIAGRAM OF THE LIFE-HISTORY OF THE COMMON EEL (Anguilla Vulgaris) 200
CASSOWARY 201 Photo: Gambier Bolton.
THE KIWI, ANOTHER FLIGHTLESS BIRD, OF REMARKABLE APPEARANCE, HABITS, AND STRUCTURE 201 Photo: Gambier Bolton.
THE AUSTRALIAN FRILLED LIZARD, WHICH IS AT PRESENT TRYING TO BECOME A BIPED 202
A CARPET OF GOSSAMER 202
THE WATER SPIDER 203
JACKDAW BALANCING ON A GATEPOST 208 Photo: O. J. Wilkinson.
TWO OPOSSUMS FEIGNING DEATH 208 From Ingersoll's The Wit of the Wild.
MALE OF THREE-SPINED STICKLEBACK, MAKING A NEST OF WATER-WEED, GLUED TOGETHER BY VISCID THREADS SECRETED FROM THE KIDNEYS AT THE BREEDING SEASON 209
A FEMALE STICKLEBACK ENTERS THE NEST WHICH THE MALE HAS MADE, LAYS THE EGGS INSIDE, AND THEN DEPARTS 209
HOMING PIGEON 212 Photo: Imperial War Museum.
CARRIER PIGEON 212 Photo: Imperial War Museum.
YELLOW-CROWNED PENGUIN 213 Photo: James's Press Agency.
PENGUINS ARE "A PECULIAR PEOPLE" 213 Photo: Cagcombe & Co.
HARPY-EAGLE 216 Photo: W. S. Berridge.
THE DINGO OR WILD DOG OF AUSTRALIA, PERHAPS AN INDIGENOUS WILD SPECIES, PERHAPS A DOMESTICATED DOG THAT HAS GONE WILD OR FERAL 216 Photo: W. S. Berridge, F.Z.S.
WOODPECKER HAMMERING AT A COTTON-REEL, ATTACHED TO A TREE 217
THE BEAVER 220
THE THRUSH AT ITS ANVIL 221 Photo: F. R. Hinkins & Son.
ALSATIAN WOLF-DOG 226 Photo: Lafayette.
THE POLAR BEAR OF THE FAR NORTH 227 Photo: W. S. Berridge.
AN ALLIGATOR "YAWNING" IN EXPECTATION OF FOOD 227 From the Smithsonian Report, 1914.
BABY ORANG 232 Photo: W. P. Dando.
ORANG-UTAN 232 Photo: Gambier Bolton.
CHIMPANZEE 233 Photo: James's Press Agency.
BABY ORANG-UTAN 233 Photo: James's Press Agency.
ORANG-UTAN 233 Photo: James's Press Agency.
BABY CHIMPANZEES 233 Photo: James's Press Agency.
CHIMPANZEE 238 Photo: W. P. Dando.
YOUNG CHEETAHS,