Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute, Or Philosophical Society of Great Britain, 40. köideVictoria Institute., 1908 |
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... Asia and America . The reason for this identification , although plausible , seem to be somewhat precarious . They They consist of the character of the bone . harpoons , of the stone scrapers , and of the carvings and sculpturings , and ...
... Asia and America . The reason for this identification , although plausible , seem to be somewhat precarious . They They consist of the character of the bone . harpoons , of the stone scrapers , and of the carvings and sculpturings , and ...
Page 60
... Asia and North America in the region of Behring's Straits and Behring's Sea . Here an elevation of a few hundred feet would lay bare a vast tract of land furnishing pasturage for animals and all the means of sustenance that primitive ...
... Asia and North America in the region of Behring's Straits and Behring's Sea . Here an elevation of a few hundred feet would lay bare a vast tract of land furnishing pasturage for animals and all the means of sustenance that primitive ...
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... Asia seemed to receive a great increase of fertility . From recent investigations it appears that Siberia and Central Asia were not invaded by glacial ice . * there was a great extension of the glaciers still existing in the high ...
... Asia seemed to receive a great increase of fertility . From recent investigations it appears that Siberia and Central Asia were not invaded by glacial ice . * there was a great extension of the glaciers still existing in the high ...
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... Asia can be readily perceived . The conditions leading to the increase of glaciers in the mountains , especially those connected with the rapid melting of the ice during the declining portion of the epoch , would greatly extend the area ...
... Asia can be readily perceived . The conditions leading to the increase of glaciers in the mountains , especially those connected with the rapid melting of the ice during the declining portion of the epoch , would greatly extend the area ...
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... Asia ( where the temperature was not severe ) at the close of the Glacial - or may I say at the beginning of the post - Glacial - Period . According to Dana's estimate of ratios , Man's appearance took place about 5,000 years ago ; but ...
... Asia ( where the temperature was not severe ) at the close of the Glacial - or may I say at the beginning of the post - Glacial - Period . According to Dana's estimate of ratios , Man's appearance took place about 5,000 years ago ; but ...
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