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(1) THESE two very interesting books by the pro-L fessor emeritus of botany in the University of Pennsylvania form an aftermath of his early studies of the fossils of the neighbourhood of Edinburgh. In his previous volume, “The Causes and Course of Qrganic Evolution,” he propounded the thesis that “organisms evolved first in fresh-water areas, and only by degrees spread into marine surroundings,” and the first and larger of the two volumes now under review deals with the application of this view to the fishes. The volume, the preparation of which must clearly have involved a vast amount of research into the literature of the subject, makes out a strong case for the author's view, and in spite of its multiplicity of detail, provides interesting reading for any one interested in the evolutionary history of the lower vertebrates.
(1) The Evolution and Distribution of Fishes.
By Prof. John Muirhead Macfarlane. Pp. ix + 564. 25s. net.
(2) Fishes: the Source of Petroleum.
By Prof. John Muirhead Macfarlane. Pp. ix + 451. 25s. net.
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(1) The Evolution and Distribution of Fishes (2) Fishes: the Source of Petroleum. Nature 114, 671–672 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/114671a0
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