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Page 98
This question may sound idle to those who hear it a first time . In reality , it is a
basic question in biogeography because it amounts to the query , what position
does Africa hold as regards the remaining continents , and so naturally what ...
This question may sound idle to those who hear it a first time . In reality , it is a
basic question in biogeography because it amounts to the query , what position
does Africa hold as regards the remaining continents , and so naturally what ...
Page 147
This question , although of undoubted interest , is not major , in that it only
involves an alternative between two standard " tracks ” ; ii ) There hardly is doubt
( see also coming discussion of Mabuya ) that Africa was connected by firm ...
This question , although of undoubted interest , is not major , in that it only
involves an alternative between two standard " tracks ” ; ii ) There hardly is doubt
( see also coming discussion of Mabuya ) that Africa was connected by firm ...
Page 256
The question does of course remain before us here , why no placental carnivores
followed placental herbivores to South America ; a question which has heavily
weighed on palaeontological preoccupations , and stands at bottom as the root of
...
The question does of course remain before us here , why no placental carnivores
followed placental herbivores to South America ; a question which has heavily
weighed on palaeontological preoccupations , and stands at bottom as the root of
...
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