The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 109National Geographic Society, 1956 - Geography |
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... Plant Left These Imprints on Colorado's Red Rock 165 Million Years Ago Fossils , the hands on eternity's clock ... plants that enclose their seeds in a protective ovary dominate modern vegetation . Primitive spore bearers such as ...
... Plant Left These Imprints on Colorado's Red Rock 165 Million Years Ago Fossils , the hands on eternity's clock ... plants that enclose their seeds in a protective ovary dominate modern vegetation . Primitive spore bearers such as ...
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... plants . The Triassic , none . Turning to the library , I found that the oldest known specimen of a flowering plant came from the Jurassic of Normandy . The new find was at least 10 million years older ! Fossil collecting is not only ...
... plants . The Triassic , none . Turning to the library , I found that the oldest known specimen of a flowering plant came from the Jurassic of Normandy . The new find was at least 10 million years older ! Fossil collecting is not only ...
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... plants . Count- less individuals represent each species , and the total of their ancestors back through the ages staggers the imagination . While the probability of any given animal or plant be- coming a fossil is extremely remote ...
... plants . Count- less individuals represent each species , and the total of their ancestors back through the ages staggers the imagination . While the probability of any given animal or plant be- coming a fossil is extremely remote ...
Contents
Airplanes New Industry and Military Defense Speed Progress | v |
In These Telltale and Often Beautiful Relics of Vanished | xviii |
Athens to Istanbul A Journey Through the Heart of the | 37 |
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