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MR. HOWORTH asks this question in NATURE for March 15 (p. 463). Perhaps this extract from a translation of a note from Prof. d'Ancona, of Florence, will satisfy Mr. Howorth: “The soil of the upper Val d'Arno is ascribed to formations of the Pliocene period.” In it have been found “Mastodon avernensis, Elephas meridionalis.” Twenty-four other animal remains are identified, all differing from the remains of the bone-caves. In both places respectively these relics belong to contemporary animals.
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MALET, H. Were the Elephant and Mastodon contemporary in Europe?. Nature 37, 488 (1888). https://doi.org/10.1038/037488c0
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