The Descent of Man

opposite jaw. An inter-space of this kind in a
Kaffir skull, figured by Wagner, is surprisingly
wide. (44. Carl Vogt's 'Lectures on Man,' Eng.
translat., 1864, p. 151.) Considering how few
are the ancient skulls which have been examined,
compared to recent skulls, it is an interesting
fact that in at least three cases the canines
project largely; and in the Naulette jaw they are
spoken of as enormous. (45. C. Carter Blake, on
a jaw from La Naulette, 'Anthropological Review,'
1867, p. 295. Schaaffhausen, ibid. 1868, p.
426.)
Of the anthropomorphous apes the males alone
have their canines fully developed; but in the
female gorilla, and in a less degree in the female
orang, these teeth project considerably
beyond the others; therefore the fact, of which I
have been assured, that women sometimes
have considerably projecting canines, is no serious
objection to the belief that their occasional
great development in man is a case of reversion