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Quadrumana   Listen
noun
Quadrumana  n. pl.  (Zool.) A division of the Primates comprising the apes and monkeys; so called because the hind foot is usually prehensile, and the great toe opposable somewhat like a thumb. Formerly the Quadrumana were considered an order distinct from the Bimana, which last included man alone.






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... probabilities of the truth of Mr. Darwin's theory." As one of these facts, he stated that the brain of the gorilla "presented more differences, as compared with the brain of man, than it did when compared with the brains of the very lowest and most problematical of the Quadrumana." ...
— The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Volume 1 • Leonard Huxley



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