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... survival of stone artifacts was enough to establish their pre - eminence . But as a matter of fact , this apparently solid evidence is full of holes ; and its inadequacy has been covered over by speculations far more airy than any I ...
... survival of stone artifacts was enough to establish their pre - eminence . But as a matter of fact , this apparently solid evidence is full of holes ; and its inadequacy has been covered over by speculations far more airy than any I ...
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... survival . Here again the arbitrary Victorian principle of parsimony has misled us : that principle does not do justice to the extravagances and exuberances of nature . Dr. Walter Cannon demonstrated the rationale of organic sur- pluses ...
... survival . Here again the arbitrary Victorian principle of parsimony has misled us : that principle does not do justice to the extravagances and exuberances of nature . Dr. Walter Cannon demonstrated the rationale of organic sur- pluses ...
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... survival at the margin of the ice sheet- " By the Skin of His Teeth " -testifies to both his stubborn fortitude and his adaptability . The evidences of fire and hunting go back five hundred thousand years : tool- making perhaps farther ...
... survival at the margin of the ice sheet- " By the Skin of His Teeth " -testifies to both his stubborn fortitude and his adaptability . The evidences of fire and hunting go back five hundred thousand years : tool- making perhaps farther ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
THE GIFT OF TONGUES | 72 |
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