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The greatest diversity of scorpions in the Northern Hemisphere is to be found in the subtropical areas lying between latitudes 23 ° N and 38 ° N. Above these latitudes, the diversity decreases, with the northernmost occurrence of scorpions being the northern scorpion Paruroctonus boreus at 50 ° N.
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A broad study of African genetic diversity, headed by Sarah Tishkoff, found the San people had the greatest genetic diversity among the 113 distinct populations sampled, making them one of 14 " ancestral population clusters ".
The interrogative personal pronoun who exhibits the greatest diversity of forms within the modern English pronoun system having definite nominative, oblique, and genitive forms ( who, whom, whose ) and equivalently coordinating indefinite forms ( whoever, whomever, and whosoever ).
The greatest change was the widespread acceptance of evolution as the mechanism of biological diversity and species formation, following the 1859 publication of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species.
Perhaps the greatest diversity lies in hunting arrows, with varieties like broad-arrow, wolf-arrow, dog-arrow, Welsh arrow and Scottish arrow being recorded.
Occitan's greatest decline was during the French Revolution, during which diversity of language was considered a threat.
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The greatest diversity is in the Neotropics, where four genera, containing 24 species occur.
The genus is found throughout the temperate to tropical regions of the world, with the greatest species diversity in subtropical and tropical regions ; the genus becomes rare in cool temperate climates, with only four species native to northern Europe.
The blossoming of eukaryotes such as acritarchs did not preclude the expansion of cyanobacteria ; in fact, stromatolites reached their greatest abundance and diversity during the Proterozoic, peaking roughly 1200 million years ago.
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During the second half of the 20th century pollution levels in the river were high, however since 1995 the water quality has improved dramatically and the Mole now boasts the greatest diversity of fish species of any river in England.
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He is a connoisseur of wine, a bon vivant, a collector of spiders, scorpions and walking-sticks, a lover of opera, an expert on Chinese porcelain, and described as the greatest fornicator of all time.
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His prints established his reputation across Europe when he was still in his twenties, and he has been conventionally regarded as the greatest artist of the Northern Renaissance ever since.
Though the Scottish Great Highland Bagpipe and Irish uilleann pipes have the greatest international visibility, bagpipes have been played for centuries throughout large parts of Europe, the Caucasus, around the Persian Gulf and in Northern Africa.
Rudolf's collections were the most impressive in the Europe of his day, and the greatest collection of Northern Mannerist art ever assembled.
He is widely credited with uniting many of the Northern Nguni people, specifically the Mtetwa Paramountcy and the Ndwandwe into the Zulu Kingdom, the beginnings of a nation that held sway over the portion of southern Africa between the Phongolo and Mzimkhulu Rivers, and his statesmanship and vigour marked him as one of the greatest Zulu kings.
The wolverine can be found primarily in remote reaches of the Northern boreal forests and subarctic and alpine tundra of the Northern hemisphere, with the greatest numbers in northern Canada, the U. S. state of Alaska, the Nordic countries of Europe, and throughout western Russia and Siberia.
From early 1971, he opposed, with increasing vehemence, Heath's approach to Northern Ireland, the greatest breach with his party coming over the imposition of direct rule in 1972.
However, its founder Emperor Wu was considered one of the greatest generals during the Southern and Northern Dynasties period, and the reign of its third emperor, Emperor Wen, is known for its political stability and capable administration, not only of its emperor but its strong and honest officials.
Northern Somalia experiences the greatest temperature extremes, with readings ranging from below freezing in the highlands in December to more than in July in the coastal plain skirting the Gulf of Aden.
The greatest concentration of carillons is still found in the low countries in Europe: the Netherlands, Belgium, and Northern France, where they were symbols of civic pride and status.
: The greatest example has been in his present job Minister for Foreign Affairs, where he has perforce concentrated on Anglo-Irish relations and, in particular the North ( i. e., Northern Ireland ).
* Grade A: " buildings of greatest importance to Northern Ireland including both outstanding architectural set-pieces and the least altered examples of each representative style, period and type.
Larus is a large genus of gulls with worldwide distribution ( although by far the greatest species diversity is in the Northern Hemisphere ).
The battle is an example of successfully executed pincer movement and was one of Sweden's greatest victories in the Great Northern War.
One of O ' Neill's greatest accomplishments as Speaker involved Northern Ireland.
He is described by the national team's governing body, the Irish Football Association, as the " greatest player to ever pull on the green shirt of Northern Ireland ".
He won the 1962 Kentucky Derby with California-bred Decidedly and two years later won both the Derby and the Preakness Stakes with Northern Dancer, a horse who would go on to be the 20th century's greatest sire.
The Taylor thoroughbred horse breeding operation produced Northern Dancer, the greatest sire of the 20th century.
In previously logged forests in the northern Coast Ranges of California, Northern Spotted Owls with greatest reproductive success had territories with a greater density of remnant large trees than less successful individuals.
In California's Klamath physiographic region, differences in habitat selected by Northern Spotted Owls and those available at random were greatest at the 200-ha scale compared to the 500-and 900-ha scales.
The greatest flooding in Northern California since the 1800s occurred in 1955 as a result of a series of Hawaiian storms, with the greatest damage in the Sacramento Valley around Yuba City.
Many Queensland anglers travel to the Northern Territory to fish the once-a-year freshwater run off, which produces some of Australia's greatest barramundi catches.
The Aristotle University Library is nowadays the second greatest library in Greece, right after the National Library, and the largest library in Northern Greece.
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