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If thus spectacular as the scourge of the mastodon , mammoth , etc. , the
Pleistocene cannot be overstressed otherwise . Against the background of
unemotional biogeography that has for its subject of critical inquiry both
distribution in time and ...
If thus spectacular as the scourge of the mastodon , mammoth , etc. , the
Pleistocene cannot be overstressed otherwise . Against the background of
unemotional biogeography that has for its subject of critical inquiry both
distribution in time and ...
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These two factors belong to the great geologic revolutions ; they do not at all
belong to the Pleistocene , a mere yesterday in the history of life . If , in the light of
these elementary considerations , we inspect the motley array of the life we ...
These two factors belong to the great geologic revolutions ; they do not at all
belong to the Pleistocene , a mere yesterday in the history of life . If , in the light of
these elementary considerations , we inspect the motley array of the life we ...
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11500 ft . during the Pleistocene Glacial Ages , i.e. , some 1200/1500 m . below
its present limits . It is altogether possible that by then the boundaries of the
xerophilous pocket in question were modified somewhat , but that this pocket was
not ...
11500 ft . during the Pleistocene Glacial Ages , i.e. , some 1200/1500 m . below
its present limits . It is altogether possible that by then the boundaries of the
xerophilous pocket in question were modified somewhat , but that this pocket was
not ...
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