Appendix. Comparative Anatomy. The Anatomical Differences Between Flesh-Eating And Fruit-Eating Animals
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This section is from the book "The Natural Food Of Man", by Emmet Densmore. Also available from Amazon: How Nature Cures Comprising a New System of Hygiene.
Appendix. Comparative Anatomy. The Anatomical Differences Between Flesh-Eating And Fruit-Eating Animals
The Carnivora. | The Anthropoid Ape. | Man. | The Omnivora. |
Zonary Placenta. | Discoidal placenta. | Discoidal placenta. | Non-deciduate placenta. |
Four-footed. | Two hands aud two feet. | Two hands and two feet. | Four-footed. |
Have claws. | Flat nails. | Flat nails. | Have hoofs. |
Go on all fours. | Walks upright. | Walks upright. | Go on all fours. |
Have tails. | Without tails. | Without tails. | Have tails. |
look sideways. | Eyes look forward. | Eyes look forward. | Eyes look sideways. |
Skin without pores. | Millions of pores. | Millions of pores. | Skin with pores. |
Slightly developed incisor teeth. | Well-developed incisor teeth. | Well-developed incisor teeth. | Very well-developed incisor teeth. |
Pointed molar teeth. | Blunt molar teeth. | Blunt molar teeth. | Molar teeth in folds. |
Dental formula: | Dental formula: | Dental formula: | Dental formula: |
*5to8.1.6.1.5to8. | 5.1.4.1.5. | 5.1.4.1.5. | 8.1.2103.1.8. |
5to8.1.6.1.5to8. | 5.1.4.1.5. | 5.1.4.1.5. | 8.1.2t03.1.8. |
Small salivary glands. | Well-developed salivary glands. | Well-developed salivary glands. | Well-developed salivary glands. |
Acid reaction of saliva and urine. | Alkaline reaction saliva and urine. | Alkaline reaction saliva and urine. | Saliva and urine acid. |
Rasping tongue. | Smooth tongue. | Smooth tongue. | Smooth tongue. |
Teats on abdomen. | Mammary glands on breast. | Mammary glands on breast. | Teats on abdomen. |
Stomach simple and roundish. | Stomach with duodenum (as second stomach). | Stomach with duodenum (as second stomach). | Stomach simple and roundish, large cul-de-sac. |
Intestinal canal 3 times length of the body. | Intestinal canal 12 times length of the body. | Intestinal canal 12 times length of the body. | Intestinal canal 10 times length of the body. |
Colon smooth. | Colon Convoluted. | Colon convoluted. | Intestinal canal smooth and convoluted. |
Lives on flesh. | Lives on fruit. | Homo sapiens vegetus - Lives on fruit. | Live on flesh, carrion, and plants. |
* In this formula the figures in the centre represent the number of incisors; upon each side are the canines, followed to the right and left by the molars.
"Man is neither carnivorous nor herbivorous. He has neither the teeth of the cud-chewers, nor their four stomachs, nor their intestines. If we consider these organs in man, we must conclude him to be by nature and origin, frugi-vorous, as is the ape."
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