The Natural History Review, Volume 9Hodges & Smith, 1862 |
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... Animals . By Rev. W. Houghton , M.A. , F.L.S. . 121 130 136 149 170 16. The Atlantis Hypothesis in its botanical aspect . By Professor Oliver 17. On the Anatomy of the Short Sun - fish ( Orthragoriscus mola ) . By John Cleland , M.D. ...
... Animals . By Rev. W. Houghton , M.A. , F.L.S. . 121 130 136 149 170 16. The Atlantis Hypothesis in its botanical aspect . By Professor Oliver 17. On the Anatomy of the Short Sun - fish ( Orthragoriscus mola ) . By John Cleland , M.D. ...
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... Animals . By the Rev. W. Houghton , M.A. , F.L.S. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES . 40. BOTANICAL . - Phanerogamia 41 . Cryptogamia PAGE . 361 371 377 • . 397 406 408 • 416 470 MISCELLANEA . The Pile Dwellings on Lake Prasias On the Genus ...
... Animals . By the Rev. W. Houghton , M.A. , F.L.S. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES . 40. BOTANICAL . - Phanerogamia 41 . Cryptogamia PAGE . 361 371 377 • . 397 406 408 • 416 470 MISCELLANEA . The Pile Dwellings on Lake Prasias On the Genus ...
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the animal kingdom ; as one of its classes ; as an order of the class Mammalia ; as a sub - order ; a family ; a ... animals , according to others ! The measure of human contradictions is full and no room is left for another . " Our ...
the animal kingdom ; as one of its classes ; as an order of the class Mammalia ; as a sub - order ; a family ; a ... animals , according to others ! The measure of human contradictions is full and no room is left for another . " Our ...
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... animals . With regard to the erect position , the reply is , that though some other animals , like the Penguins , have a true and habitual situs erectus , they differ widely in their organisation from man , while the creatures which ...
... animals . With regard to the erect position , the reply is , that though some other animals , like the Penguins , have a true and habitual situs erectus , they differ widely in their organisation from man , while the creatures which ...
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... animals far more closely allied to the Primates than is the fossil ungulate . The singular peculiarities of the distribution of the hair on the human body - a distribution which is unique in the animal kingdom -are next discussed ; and ...
... animals far more closely allied to the Primates than is the fossil ungulate . The singular peculiarities of the distribution of the hair on the human body - a distribution which is unique in the animal kingdom -are next discussed ; and ...
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