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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=biogeography">biogeography</a> and <a href="page.php?w=paleontology">paleontology</a>, a <b>relict</b> is a <a href="page.php?w=Population_%28biology%29">population</a> or <a href="page.php?w=taxon">taxon</a> of organisms that was more widespread or more diverse in the past. A <b>relictual population</b> is a population currently inhabiting a restricted area whose <a href="page.php?w=Range_%28biology%29">range</a> was far wider during a previous <a href="page.php?w=Geologic_time_scale">geologic epoch</a>. Similarly, a <b>relictual</b></p><p>
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