Volume 1

A picture book of evolution / by Dennis Hird.

  • Dennis Hird
Date:
1906-1907
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A picture book of evolution / by Dennis Hird. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    you should note, has learnt to walk on its toes. It is found in the Miocene, both of Europe and North America. The Mastodon is one of the most remarkable creatures of the fauna of these rocks. It was closely allied to the elephant. The wonderful flesh-toothed animals (Creodonta), ancient Carnivors, appear for the last time in the Miocene. The middle Miocene is remarkable for a series of genera intermediate between the dogs and bears, and also for true apes. PLIOCENE DIVISION. We next come to the uppermost group of rocks in the Tertiary Division, called the Pliocene. Here the mastodon flourishes, the elephant does not appear till late in the period, and typical pigs are also found. The Hipparion is one of the ancestors of the horse, which appeared in the Miocene, and is
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