anthropidae

pl. [Gr. ἄνθρωπος ( anthro pos) a man.] In Profe or Huxley's cla ification the first family of the order Primates, which stand at the head of the cla Mammal i a. There is but one species, the Homo sapiens, or Man. The dentition is as follows: Incisors, 29; canines, 1_1; premolars, molars, 32. In the Simiadæ there is sometimes the same dentition, though in other cases the premolars are in place The hallux is nearly as long as the of 22 3-3 3-3 3-3 2-2: second toe, and is susceptible of being moved both backward and forward only to a very limited extent, whereas in the Siiniadæ it is much more mobile. In Man the arms are shorter than the legs, whilst in the Simiadæ they may be either longer or shorter. After birth in Man the legs grow faster than the rest of the body, whilst in the Simiadæ they do not. Man's stature is erect, whilst the natural attitude of the apes and monkeys is on all fours. (Profe or Huxley's Cla ification of Animals , p. 99.) Man has a higher facial angle and a brain of greater volume than the monkeys, and his mental and moral powers are infinitely greater. ăn-thrō-po-glot ( Eng . ), ăn-thrō-poglot'-tus ( Mod . Lat .), s. [Gr. ἀνθρωπόγλωσσος ( anthropoglō os ), in Attic ἀνθρωπόγλοττος ( anthropoglottos ) = speaking man's language: ἄνθρωπος ( anthropos ) = man, and γλώσσα (glo a), in Attic γλώττα ( glotta ) = the tongue.] An animal po e ing a tongue, i.e., speech remotely resembling man's. Example, the imitative species of the Parrot family of Birds. ...