The Naturalist in NicaraguaJ. M. Dent & Sons, 1911 - 306 pages |
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... land . Mr. Alfred Tylor considers that the ice cap of the glacial period was the cause of a great reduction of the level of the sea , amounting to at least 600 feet.1 But if we admit that the ice existed in both hemispheres at the same ...
... land . Mr. Alfred Tylor considers that the ice cap of the glacial period was the cause of a great reduction of the level of the sea , amounting to at least 600 feet.1 But if we admit that the ice existed in both hemispheres at the same ...
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Thomas Belt. Mexico . The land molluscs of the islands to the south , on the contrary , from Barbuda and St. Kitt's down to Trinidad , are of two types , one Venezuelan , the other Guianian ; the western side of the supposed continuous land ...
Thomas Belt. Mexico . The land molluscs of the islands to the south , on the contrary , from Barbuda and St. Kitt's down to Trinidad , are of two types , one Venezuelan , the other Guianian ; the western side of the supposed continuous land ...
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... land great variety and wealth of species . This variety is in the ratio of the continuity of their habitats in time and space . It follows also , from the same reasoning , that old and widespread types are more likely to be preserved in ...
... land great variety and wealth of species . This variety is in the ratio of the continuity of their habitats in time and space . It follows also , from the same reasoning , that old and widespread types are more likely to be preserved in ...
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