ANOTHER ANCESTOR.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4442, 31 March 1883, Page 4

ANOTHER ANCESTOR.

A Mr Bock has- captured and brought to England a curious specimen of the human species, whose exhibition will most likely give rise again to discussion on Darwinian theory. This representaaive of the "hairy people" is of ithe female sex, between six and seven years of age, and is "Krao." It is asserted that: she is one of a family captured in the jungle of Laos, the father having died of cholera in captivity,; while the chief of the district in which the capture took place refused to allow the mother to leave the country. In addition to her hairycovering, the peculiarities that distinguish; Krao from a human being are a double set of teeth in the upper jaw, the asserted presence is in ■ a rudimentary state of the gorilla tusk, the absence of Certain muscles m the arm, and of the upper cartilage in the ear. The presumed existence of. an extra- rib and additional joint in the vertebras are also held to indicate the possibility of .the development of a rudimentary tail. The expression of the features is pleasaDt,^the face is round, somewhat flat, eyes large, of a liquid brown color, and very expressive. The nose and .cheeks are somewhat bulbous. and Mr Farini says that inside the cheeks are pouchlike cavities similar to those of the monkey tribe. The toes as well as tbe fingers are prehensile, and the joints of both, as well as the soles of the feet, can be bent backwards to a right angle. Krao is very good natured, and judging by one or two incidents that took place when Mr Farini exhibited her to naturalists and representatives of the Press at Westminster Aquarium, is' intelligent, and possessed of a good memory. She repeats in English after Mr Farini several phrases distinctly, clearly' and has rather a musical voice.