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Title: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Identifier: annalsofnewyo26191516newy (find matches)
Year: 1877 (1870s)
Authors: New York Academy of Sciences
Subjects: Science
Publisher: New York, New York Academy of Sciences
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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Of) J. AVYJ^IS- JEW YORK ACADEMY OE >CIE\CE:< Europe. rDcluding those noted belc'W whicii came into Europe from Africa. The contrary ::.t : i the relative geographic isolation of Africa and Europe in Q^^iaier::::' ':inie5 originated with PomeF as the result of his exhaustive revi'?^ ;: :_c entire fauna of north Africa. He concludes that since the re^riL-ances between the European and north African faunas are rare and often doubtful, the two continents were for long periods separated by the Mediterranean Sea and Straits of Gibraltar.
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Pig. 1.—Pleistocene, or Ice Ape A period of maximom total elevation facUitatlng free migrations and invasions of life, culminating in the Glacial epoch, and foUowed by a prolonged depression. Portions of northern Europe and the coasts of Xorth America greatly depressed. Then a period of reelevation. Rearranged after W. D. Matthew. 1908. CUmatt.—A: the beginning of the Quaternary Period north Africa was characterized by abundant rainfall which led to the formation of great alluvial or flood-plaiu depositions. In the Barbary and Sahara regions the life was closely similar to the grand plateau life of equatorial Africa at the present rime., including elephants, rhinoceroses, zebras, wild asses, giraffes, wild cattle, buffalo, antelopes. gazeUes, gnus, elands, hippopotami, wart-hogs, lions and hyaenas. The presence of these ani- 'PoMF.L A.; "Les Elephants Quatemaires." Carte Geol. Algerie. Paleont. Monogr. Algiers. ISf'o.

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  • bookcentury:1800
  • bookauthor:New_York_Academy_of_Sciences
  • booksubject:Science
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