Punch,  31 (1856), 80.

The Apex of Glory In France

Anon

Genre:

News-Commentary

Subjects:

Palaeontology, Discovery, Taxonomy, Cultural Geography, Nationalism


    Responds to an article in the Constitutionnel reporting the discovery of a 'fossil ape'. Intrigued to note that the author boasts about the claim that more fossil apes have been found in France than any other country, but points out that 'the French scientific world' appears to have accepted one half of François M A Voltaire's quip that his countrymen combined 'the ape and the tiger in their disposition'. Believes that 'monkeyism or apishness' are national characters.



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