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... human trait , central to all other traits , is this capacity for conscious , purposeful self - identifica- tion , self - transformation , and ultimately for self - understanding . Every manifestation of human culture , from ritual and ...
... human trait , central to all other traits , is this capacity for conscious , purposeful self - identifica- tion , self - transformation , and ultimately for self - understanding . Every manifestation of human culture , from ritual and ...
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... human culture were extremely well- developed while his tools were still crude . At the time the Egyptians and the Mesopotamians had invented the symbolic art of writing , they were still using digging - sticks and stone axes . But ...
... human culture were extremely well- developed while his tools were still crude . At the time the Egyptians and the Mesopotamians had invented the symbolic art of writing , they were still using digging - sticks and stone axes . But ...
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... Human Biology . Vol . 31 : 1959 . A judicious re - statement . Washburn , Sherwood L. ( editor ) . Social Life of ... Human Evolution and Culture . See Tax , Sol ( editor ) . Welby , V. ( Lady Victoria ) . What Is Meaning ? Studies in ...
... Human Biology . Vol . 31 : 1959 . A judicious re - statement . Washburn , Sherwood L. ( editor ) . Social Life of ... Human Evolution and Culture . See Tax , Sol ( editor ) . Welby , V. ( Lady Victoria ) . What Is Meaning ? Studies in ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
THE GIFT OF TONGUES | 72 |
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