In one famous incident, which became known as the Great Hippocampus Question, Huxley showed that Owen was mistaken in claiming that the brains of gorillas lacked a structure present in human brains.
Nun famoso incidente, que se acabou por coñecer como a cuestión do hipocampo, Huxley mostrou que Owen estaba errado ao soster que os cerebros dos gorilas carecían dunha estrutura presente nos cerebros humanos.