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... curious and wonderful simulation of vegetable and animal forms , and particularly of shells and marine animals , in stone , by the hand of Nature ; and we may easily imagine the bewilderment these things caused to those who could not be ...
... curious and wonderful simulation of vegetable and animal forms , and particularly of shells and marine animals , in stone , by the hand of Nature ; and we may easily imagine the bewilderment these things caused to those who could not be ...
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... curious freaks of nature of the pre - scientific naturalists - but recognized as un- doubtedly parts of once living organisms by students of the new science , although belonging to creatures having apparently no representatives on our ...
... curious freaks of nature of the pre - scientific naturalists - but recognized as un- doubtedly parts of once living organisms by students of the new science , although belonging to creatures having apparently no representatives on our ...
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... curious fact which has attracted much atten- tion of late is , that recent Arctic explorations have proved incontestably that a mild semi - tropical climate once existed within the Arctic circle , for not only have coal and coral been ...
... curious fact which has attracted much atten- tion of late is , that recent Arctic explorations have proved incontestably that a mild semi - tropical climate once existed within the Arctic circle , for not only have coal and coral been ...
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... curious discovery above mentioned of the former exist- ence of a semi - tropical climate within the Arctic circle has given rise to a theory that man originated at the north pole , and more than one book has been written of late to ...
... curious discovery above mentioned of the former exist- ence of a semi - tropical climate within the Arctic circle has given rise to a theory that man originated at the north pole , and more than one book has been written of late to ...
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... curious fact is noticed by M. Hovelacque in his work entitled Nôtre Ancêtre . He writes- " A very striking fact is this , the anthropomorphic apes of Africa ( gorilla and chimpanzee ) are dolichocephalic , as are the African negroes and ...
... curious fact is noticed by M. Hovelacque in his work entitled Nôtre Ancêtre . He writes- " A very striking fact is this , the anthropomorphic apes of Africa ( gorilla and chimpanzee ) are dolichocephalic , as are the African negroes and ...
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