Panbiogeography: Or, an Introductory Synthesis of Zoogeography, Phytogeography, and Geology, with Notes on Evolution, Systematics, Ecology, Anthropology, Etc, Volume 2, Part 2author, 1958 - Biogeography |
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Page 829
... Simpson gave to the press an article , " Antarctica as a Faunal Migration Route " , which contains a statement of the dispersal of , e.g. , the Hystricomorpha of which the biogeographer can surely not say a world of good ( the rest is ...
... Simpson gave to the press an article , " Antarctica as a Faunal Migration Route " , which contains a statement of the dispersal of , e.g. , the Hystricomorpha of which the biogeographer can surely not say a world of good ( the rest is ...
Page 1020
... Simpson offers a simile , thus : If out of a huge bag containing sets of all the letters of the alphabet we draw three letters at a time for the purpose of securing the word c - a - t we may never succeed . However , if we throw out ...
... Simpson offers a simile , thus : If out of a huge bag containing sets of all the letters of the alphabet we draw three letters at a time for the purpose of securing the word c - a - t we may never succeed . However , if we throw out ...
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... Simpson's own on which these conclusions stand may be illusory ? In sum , it is a very serious question according to Simpson and those who feel the like he does — whether classification is real or illusory ; whether what strikes us as a ...
... Simpson's own on which these conclusions stand may be illusory ? In sum , it is a very serious question according to Simpson and those who feel the like he does — whether classification is real or illusory ; whether what strikes us as a ...
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