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| Pealkiri | On Comparative Longevity in Man and the Lower Animals |
| Autor | Sir Edwin Ray Lankester |
| Publisher | Macmillan and Company, 1870 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 8 sept. 2006 |
| Length | 136 pages |
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