The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, Volumes 1-10Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1974 - Reference [1] Propaedia: outline of knowledge and guide to the Britannica.--[2]-[11] Micropaedia: ready reference and index.--[12]-[30] Macropaedia: knowledge in depth. |
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... PLEISTOCENE PLIOCENE PLEISTOCENE RECENT EOCENE OLIGOCENE Equus Merychippus Equus caballus przewalskil Drawing by M. Moran Neohipparion Mesohippus Miohippus Hyracotherium Figure 3 : Evolution of the horse . Merychippus Hyracotherium ...
... PLEISTOCENE PLIOCENE PLEISTOCENE RECENT EOCENE OLIGOCENE Equus Merychippus Equus caballus przewalskil Drawing by M. Moran Neohipparion Mesohippus Miohippus Hyracotherium Figure 3 : Evolution of the horse . Merychippus Hyracotherium ...
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... Pleistocene fossil and present - day species , Nearctic and Neo- tropical , perhaps formerly Palearctic . Family Cathartidae ( New World vultures ) . Seven present- day Nearctic and Neotropical species and Pleistocene , Nearc- tic , and ...
... Pleistocene fossil and present - day species , Nearctic and Neo- tropical , perhaps formerly Palearctic . Family Cathartidae ( New World vultures ) . Seven present- day Nearctic and Neotropical species and Pleistocene , Nearc- tic , and ...
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... Pleistocene . The aquatic pinnipeds , with uniform teeth , are known from the Miocene onward . The highly specialized whales , Cetacea ( see WHALE ) , represent a separate order , although the Early Tertiary forms , like the 17 - metre ...
... Pleistocene . The aquatic pinnipeds , with uniform teeth , are known from the Miocene onward . The highly specialized whales , Cetacea ( see WHALE ) , represent a separate order , although the Early Tertiary forms , like the 17 - metre ...
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