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Oswald Heer

A paleobotanist who studied fossil plants of the Arctic.

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Also known as Heer, Oswald Heer

First appearance: dispersal during the glacial period

Oswald Heer shows up with force in Character of Domestic Varieties; Difficulty of Distinguishing Between Varieties and Species; Origin of Domestic Varieties from One or More Species. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Remarked on the advanced civilisation of lake-inhabitants of Switzerland.
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See Oswald Heer in dispersal during the glacial period