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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BER-BLA |
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BIMANA (Lat. " two-handed ") , a word first used by the naturalist Johann Friedrich
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majority of writers followed him in its adoption. In 1863, however, Huxley in his Man's Place in Nature demonstrated that the higher apes might fairly be included in Bimana. Again and again it has been proved that the human great
constant
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power of foot-grasp, which in a lesser degree is often so noticeable among sailors. Haeckel calls attention to the fact that a baby can hold a spoon with the big-toe as with a thumb. Man, in a word, is potentially quadrumanous.End of Article: BIMANA (Lat. " two-handed ") If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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