Word: extinction
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...than anything else the results of my trip have been to make me realize that the whole theory of coral formation is still very uncertain. A few interesting discoveries about the Fijis have shown that the very old theory that atolls are coral growths on the rims of sunken extinct craters, for which Darwin and Dana expressed great contempt, was not entirely groundless but in some cases perfectly true...
...were found, such as deer, tortoise, elk, rabbit and many others. It is probable that the human beings who lived there had killed those animals for food, since the bones that were scattered about the fire-places were rarely gnawed by animals. Another important discovery was that of the extinct peccary, which has been found also in Hartman's cave, and of teeth of the tapir. The nature of the human remains and the fact that they are found only in one layer, prove that the Indians lived in the cave, and that they had no predecessors in these regions...
...erection of the stone-house. Through the assistance of the American Minister of Bolivia, Mr. Anderson, an expedition of much archaeological interest, was made to Tiahuanuco and the sacred islands of the Incas on Lake Titicaca. A trip was also made to the summit of El Misti, a nearly extinct volcano, some nineteen thousand feet in height...
...dinner once a year, and the empty ceremony of singing "Fair Harvard" after it. If this is so, it is not wise policy to take it for granted that we will get along somehow and decry discussion. For discussion, in itself, is the remedy needed-unless college spirit is extinct. None of us believe that...