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... Africa 270.8 449 2 Bulgaria 8.4 1738 21 Algeria 12.9 58 4 Czechoslovakia 14.4 2658 18 Cameroon 5.6 58 1 Germany , East 17.1 1968 11 Central African Republic 1.5 1 Hungary 10.3 1378 13 Chad 3.5 Poland 32.3 3198 10 Congo ( Brazzaville ) ...
... Africa 270.8 449 2 Bulgaria 8.4 1738 21 Algeria 12.9 58 4 Czechoslovakia 14.4 2658 18 Cameroon 5.6 58 1 Germany , East 17.1 1968 11 Central African Republic 1.5 1 Hungary 10.3 1378 13 Chad 3.5 Poland 32.3 3198 10 Congo ( Brazzaville ) ...
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The more familiar large species were until recently wide- spread throughout Africa south of the Sahara and in the Nile Valley ; the pygmy hippopotamus has a restricted distribution in West Africa . The camel group ( Camelidae ) was ...
The more familiar large species were until recently wide- spread throughout Africa south of the Sahara and in the Nile Valley ; the pygmy hippopotamus has a restricted distribution in West Africa . The camel group ( Camelidae ) was ...
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... African caves . The cave sites in southern Africa have proved difficult to date by absolute methods because the sediments they contain lack most of the useful dating isotopes and the cave fillings seldom preserve a sufficiently strong ...
... African caves . The cave sites in southern Africa have proved difficult to date by absolute methods because the sediments they contain lack most of the useful dating isotopes and the cave fillings seldom preserve a sufficiently strong ...
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