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Page 282
A very foolish “zoogeographic” argument against “landbridges” runs as follows: If
there had ever been a “landbridge” between, e.g., Continental Africa and
Madagascar, or between Madagascar and India, a connection of this intimate
kind ...
A very foolish “zoogeographic” argument against “landbridges” runs as follows: If
there had ever been a “landbridge” between, e.g., Continental Africa and
Madagascar, or between Madagascar and India, a connection of this intimate
kind ...
Page 301
Engrossed with the eminently “zoogeographic” question whether Hyla reached
Australasia out of Asia or, rather, using an “antarctic landbridge” from South
America, de Beaufort eventually hits the note that Hyla arborea should
reasonably ...
Engrossed with the eminently “zoogeographic” question whether Hyla reached
Australasia out of Asia or, rather, using an “antarctic landbridge” from South
America, de Beaufort eventually hits the note that Hyla arborea should
reasonably ...
Page 431
Moreover, whenever the “zoogeographer" postulates “landbridges” — next to find
that those are utterly naïve [43] who accept connections overland as prime
movers of distribution — that worthy behaves himself most naïvely to begin with, ...
Moreover, whenever the “zoogeographer" postulates “landbridges” — next to find
that those are utterly naïve [43] who accept connections overland as prime
movers of distribution — that worthy behaves himself most naïvely to begin with, ...
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