An orangutan in Paris: pondering Proximity at the Muséum d’histoire naturelle in 1836

When the Museum d’histoire naturelle in Paris learned in 1836 that it null null null null null null null null null null null null null null null had the chance to buy a live, young orangutan, it was excited by the prospect. null null null null null null null null null null null null null null null Specimens were the focus of the Museum’s activities, and this particular specimen null null null null null null null null null null null null null...