Pygmie

-- The 'Pygmie' reduced from Tyson's figures 1 and 2,

Lectures and Essays Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

These characters, even without Tyson's good figures (Figs. 3 and 4), would have been sufficient to prove his "Pygmie" to be a young

Lectures and Essays Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

After a careful survey of the literature of the subject extant in his time, our author arrives at the conclusion that his "Pygmie" is identical neither with the Orangs of Tulpius and Bontius, nor with the

Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

Tyson states, his 'Pygmie' had thirteen pair of ribs and five lumbar vertebrae.

On the Relations of Man to the Lower Animals Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

As Tyson states, his 'Pygmie' had thirteen pair of ribs and five lumbar vertebrae.

Lectures and Essays Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

After a careful survey of the literature of the subject extant in his time, our author arrives at the conclusion that his "Pygmie" is identical neither with the Orangs of Tulpius and Bontius, nor with the

Lectures and Essays Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

"Pygmie," Tyson tells us "was brought from Angola, in Africa; but was first taken a great deal higher up the country"; its hair "was of a coal-black colour and strait," and "when it went as a quadruped on all four, 'twas awkwardly; not placing the palm of the hand flat to the ground, but it walk'd upon its knuckles, as I observed it to do when weak and had not strength enough to support its body."

Lectures and Essays Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

"Pygmie," Tyson tells us "was brought from Angola, in Africa; but was first taken a great deal higher up the country"; its hair "was of a coal-black colour and strait," and "when it went as a quadruped on all four, 'twas awkwardly; not placing the palm of the hand flat to the ground, but it walk'd upon its knuckles, as I observed it to do when weak and had not strength enough to support its body."

Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

([Footnote] * In speaking of the foot of his "Pygmie," Tyson remarks, p. 13: -- "But this part in the formation and in its function too, being liker a Hand than a Foot: for the distinguishing this sort of animals from others, I have thought whether it might not be reckoned and called rather Quadru-manus than

Lectures and Essays Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

"I take him to be wholly a Brute, tho 'in the formation of the Body, and in the Sensitive or Brutal Soul, it may be, more resembling a Man, than any other Animal; so that in this Chain of the Creation, as an intermediate Link between an Ape and a Man, I would place our Pygmie."

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