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... hominids . However , as we inched toward the kill , listening , craning our necks , that pleasure had given way to slight fear . But the lions were gone — and so was all the meat . The cats had killed a zebra near the riverbank . Only ...
... hominids . However , as we inched toward the kill , listening , craning our necks , that pleasure had given way to slight fear . But the lions were gone — and so was all the meat . The cats had killed a zebra near the riverbank . Only ...
Page 278
... hominids must have had a flexible system too , one that permitted them to adapt to the vagaries of the food supply . To note the similarity between chimpanzees and men may be instruc- tive , but it reveals little about the selective ...
... hominids must have had a flexible system too , one that permitted them to adapt to the vagaries of the food supply . To note the similarity between chimpanzees and men may be instruc- tive , but it reveals little about the selective ...
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... hominids evolved into man the other died out . Possibly A. robustus could not compete against its aggressive and well - armed relative . This does not imply that all A. robustus were directly annihilated but that as A. africanus and its ...
... hominids evolved into man the other died out . Possibly A. robustus could not compete against its aggressive and well - armed relative . This does not imply that all A. robustus were directly annihilated but that as A. africanus and its ...
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The Seasons | 3 |
Life in the Pride | 44 |
Neighborly Disputes | 92 |
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