Monthly Journal of Science, and Annals of Biology, Astronomy, Geology, Industrial Arts, Manufactures, and Technology, Volume 4James Samuelson, William Crookes J. Churchill and Sons., 1867 |
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... species of Mollusca in their respective faunas bore to the extinct . Hence he proposed the now world- renowned classification of Tertiary deposits into Eocene , Miocene , and Pliocene ; and enunciated the scheme for their determination ...
... species of Mollusca in their respective faunas bore to the extinct . Hence he proposed the now world- renowned classification of Tertiary deposits into Eocene , Miocene , and Pliocene ; and enunciated the scheme for their determination ...
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... species , the Miocene as having about one - fifth , the Older Pliocene from one - third to one - half , and the Newer Pliocine nine - tenths . The terms Eocene , Miocene , and Pliocene were at once adopted , together with the principle ...
... species , the Miocene as having about one - fifth , the Older Pliocene from one - third to one - half , and the Newer Pliocine nine - tenths . The terms Eocene , Miocene , and Pliocene were at once adopted , together with the principle ...
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... species . To render this nugatory , he suggested an attempt to classify Tertiary strata by means of " the totality of the characters which each series exhibits , " on the principle that there is a " uniform approximation to existing species ...
... species . To render this nugatory , he suggested an attempt to classify Tertiary strata by means of " the totality of the characters which each series exhibits , " on the principle that there is a " uniform approximation to existing species ...
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... species , the one from which it descended , it is easy to see that a formation containing a larger proportion of extinct species may be more recent than one containing a smaller proportion , in a different latitude , or possessing in ...
... species , the one from which it descended , it is easy to see that a formation containing a larger proportion of extinct species may be more recent than one containing a smaller proportion , in a different latitude , or possessing in ...
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... species after carefully weighing Mr. Darwin's theory of Natural Selection . Sir Charles Lyell appears to think that there is a necessary and direct connection between these theories ; but , on our part , we cannot see why a naturalist ...
... species after carefully weighing Mr. Darwin's theory of Natural Selection . Sir Charles Lyell appears to think that there is a necessary and direct connection between these theories ; but , on our part , we cannot see why a naturalist ...
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