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... western grebe . In nearly all courtship ceremonies the roles of the sexes are interchangeable . The same is true of the precopulatory displays , and reverse mounting has been reported for all species that have been thoroughly studied ...
... western grebe . In nearly all courtship ceremonies the roles of the sexes are interchangeable . The same is true of the precopulatory displays , and reverse mounting has been reported for all species that have been thoroughly studied ...
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... western borders , the Hsiung - nu . Little is known of T'ou - man , founder of this empire , beyond the fact that he was killed by his son Mao - tun , under whose long reign ( c . 209-174 BC ) the Hsiung - nu became a major power and a ...
... western borders , the Hsiung - nu . Little is known of T'ou - man , founder of this empire , beyond the fact that he was killed by his son Mao - tun , under whose long reign ( c . 209-174 BC ) the Hsiung - nu became a major power and a ...
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... western Turkistan and are from about the 13th millennium BC . During the millennia that followed , migrants entered the region from various directions , regardless of the geographic obstacles they encountered . As a result , some of ...
... western Turkistan and are from about the 13th millennium BC . During the millennia that followed , migrants entered the region from various directions , regardless of the geographic obstacles they encountered . As a result , some of ...
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