Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute, Or Philosophical Society of Great Britain, 40. köideVictoria Institute., 1908 |
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... migration of old forms , and the incoming of new species , and also of a new race of men ; but have we not clear proof also that between the Pleistocene Age and our own , changes were brought about in the physiography of these regions ...
... migration of old forms , and the incoming of new species , and also of a new race of men ; but have we not clear proof also that between the Pleistocene Age and our own , changes were brought about in the physiography of these regions ...
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... migrated in one direction from their original centre , but all over Northern Siberia and the islands adjoining , and onward to Alaska and over the northern part of the United States , penetrating on the western coast as far south as ...
... migrated in one direction from their original centre , but all over Northern Siberia and the islands adjoining , and onward to Alaska and over the northern part of the United States , penetrating on the western coast as far south as ...
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... migration , and thereby to give a new impulse to new centres of civilization . It is worthy of mention , also , that the same diminution of glacial conditions in Central Asia which limited its capacity to support population opened up ...
... migration , and thereby to give a new impulse to new centres of civilization . It is worthy of mention , also , that the same diminution of glacial conditions in Central Asia which limited its capacity to support population opened up ...
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... migrations southward across Central America . Then , again , upon the amelioration of the northern climate and the re - opening of the northern region to the animals which had survived the former changes of conditions , many of them re ...
... migrations southward across Central America . Then , again , upon the amelioration of the northern climate and the re - opening of the northern region to the animals which had survived the former changes of conditions , many of them re ...
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... migrated . Amongst the latter are to be found the rare little toad ( Bufo calamita ) known as the " Natterjack ... migration of plants and animals appears to have its counterpart in that of the very ancient races of man who settled ...
... migrated . Amongst the latter are to be found the rare little toad ( Bufo calamita ) known as the " Natterjack ... migration of plants and animals appears to have its counterpart in that of the very ancient races of man who settled ...
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