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Word: specie (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1929-1929
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...lists fifteen forms of gorillas currently recognized in nomenclature and takes them up in their chronological order. Many of these he finds to be isolated examples not substantiated by sufficient evidence, based, in some instances, on not more than one speci- men. These he lists as extreme variants of a type. Some of these genera are differentiated by such characteristics as length of hair and length of beard which do not seem to him fundamental because specimens from the same limited regions present such wide variation in these respects...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD NATURALIST DESTROYS THEORY OF MULTIPLICITY OF THE GORILLA SPECIES | 12/2/1929 | See Source »

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