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... seems to me that my essay would not be com- plete without some attempt to ascertain the affini- ties of the pre - Roman inhabitants of this island . I do not believe that those affinities can be ascertained by the inspection of ...
... seems to me that my essay would not be com- plete without some attempt to ascertain the affini- ties of the pre - Roman inhabitants of this island . I do not believe that those affinities can be ascertained by the inspection of ...
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... state of science , finality seems almost impossible ; it is impossible to have any certainty that some new excavation may not at any moment bring to light human remains differing B in all their characteristics , and in the probable period.
... state of science , finality seems almost impossible ; it is impossible to have any certainty that some new excavation may not at any moment bring to light human remains differing B in all their characteristics , and in the probable period.
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... seems disposed to admit that certain groups of human races may be indefi- nitely prolific one with another , though not with different groups ; * and he says explicitly , † ' It appears to me certain that the Cymry and Celts , when ...
... seems disposed to admit that certain groups of human races may be indefi- nitely prolific one with another , though not with different groups ; * and he says explicitly , † ' It appears to me certain that the Cymry and Celts , when ...
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... seems to be hardly consistent with the first . If the inter- marriages of half - breeds are fertile , and if M. Pouchet can assign no limit to the fertility of their descendants , it is difficult to understand why there may not , po ...
... seems to be hardly consistent with the first . If the inter- marriages of half - breeds are fertile , and if M. Pouchet can assign no limit to the fertility of their descendants , it is difficult to understand why there may not , po ...
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... seems to have given even less attention . It will not , therefore , be prudent to accept M. Pouchet's laws as data , in investigating the origin of the English people . The laws of human hybridity are not yet ascer- tained . Had it been ...
... seems to have given even less attention . It will not , therefore , be prudent to accept M. Pouchet's laws as data , in investigating the origin of the English people . The laws of human hybridity are not yet ascer- tained . Had it been ...
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