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Page 915
... America and Eurasia . There then occurred an in- Europe . terchange of faunas , and the geological and fossil evi- Even before Darwin's time , their occurrence was exdence suggests that the interchange occurred across a land plained as ...
... America and Eurasia . There then occurred an in- Europe . terchange of faunas , and the geological and fossil evi- Even before Darwin's time , their occurrence was exdence suggests that the interchange occurred across a land plained as ...
Page 939
... America , and Australia , only two have been cultivated : the Asian species Oryza sativa and the African species 0. glaberrima , both of which spring from perennial rice , O. perennis . In Southeast Asia the cultivation of rice has been ...
... America , and Australia , only two have been cultivated : the Asian species Oryza sativa and the African species 0. glaberrima , both of which spring from perennial rice , O. perennis . In Southeast Asia the cultivation of rice has been ...
Page 940
... America . It was first taken into culture in the 15th century AD , in Arabia . From there coffee passed to Europe and , in the 18th century , to America . Apple tree . One of the oldest fruit trees is the apple ( Malus species ) , with ...
... America . It was first taken into culture in the 15th century AD , in Arabia . From there coffee passed to Europe and , in the 18th century , to America . Apple tree . One of the oldest fruit trees is the apple ( Malus species ) , with ...
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