by Aaron G. Filler, MD, PhD
Figure 10 – 6 The Nature of Humanity
The relative body proportions of the four great hominiforms. Drawings of the apes by Schulz reflect the foot positioning used by DaVinci when he captured the measure of man as described by the roman architect Vitruvius.
Apes - from: Schultz, A. H. (1933). Die Körporproportionen der erwachsenen catarrhinen Primaten, mit spezieller Berüchsichtigung der Menschenaffen. Anthropologischer Anzeiger 10: 154-85 and Schultz, A. H. (1969). The Life of Primates. New York, Universe Books. Drawings reproduced by permission of Orion publishing and by permission of the Anthropological Institute of the University of Zurich.
Vituvian man - from: Davinci, L. (1492). Canon of Proportions. Academy of Fine Arts, Venice.