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351. [30] Loc.cit.pp.109, 110. [31] Heredity is the term used to denote the tendency which there is in offspring to reproduce parental features. [32] Loc.cit.p.
64. [33] Loc.cit.p.
60. [34] The term "Vertebrata" denotes that large group of animals which are characterized by the possession of a spinal column, commonly known as the "backbone." Such animals are ourselves, together with all beasts, birds, reptiles, frogs, toads, and efts, and also fishes. [35] It is hardly necessary to observe that these "sea-snakes" have no relation to the often-talked-of "sea-serpent." They are small, venomous reptiles, which abound in the Indian seas. [36] "Origin of Species," 5th edit., 1869, p.
179. [37] "Origin of Species," 5th edit., p.
532. [38] Mr.A.D.Bartlett, of the Zoological Society, informs me that at these periods female apes admit with perfect readiness the access of any males of different species.
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