Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, Volumes 47-55American Antiquarian Society., 1867 - United States |
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... animals , they differ little in character from those described by Mr. Atwater . There have been more thorough ex- cavations , but they have revealed few facts of im- portance which had not previously been noticed . The sacrificial 27.
... animals , they differ little in character from those described by Mr. Atwater . There have been more thorough ex- cavations , but they have revealed few facts of im- portance which had not previously been noticed . The sacrificial 27.
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... animal life , ( Eozoon Canadense , ) in your lakes the only living type of fishes which existed alone during the formation of coal , the gar pike , ( Lepidosteus ) ; you with whom the mastodons and megatheria , and other extinct ...
... animal life , ( Eozoon Canadense , ) in your lakes the only living type of fishes which existed alone during the formation of coal , the gar pike , ( Lepidosteus ) ; you with whom the mastodons and megatheria , and other extinct ...
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... animals of the antediluvian epoch . Among his discoveries was the celebrated skull of the cave of Enghis . This human cranium and that of the cave of Neanderthal , about 70 miles northeast of the Liège caverns , which was found in 1857 ...
... animals of the antediluvian epoch . Among his discoveries was the celebrated skull of the cave of Enghis . This human cranium and that of the cave of Neanderthal , about 70 miles northeast of the Liège caverns , which was found in 1857 ...
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... animals in a cave called the " Hole of Kent , " in Devon- shire . The idea of their being contemporary seemed so improbable that the Society did not see fit to print his paper . It had been asked why are not remains of man found outside ...
... animals in a cave called the " Hole of Kent , " in Devon- shire . The idea of their being contemporary seemed so improbable that the Society did not see fit to print his paper . It had been asked why are not remains of man found outside ...
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... animals in the cav- erns of Europe were probably not cöeval . " But , " he says , " of late years we have obtained convincing proofs that the mammoth and other extinct mammalian species , very common in the caves , occur also in ...
... animals in the cav- erns of Europe were probably not cöeval . " But , " he says , " of late years we have obtained convincing proofs that the mammoth and other extinct mammalian species , very common in the caves , occur also in ...
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