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... Australopithecines lacked the beginning of other human charac- teristics , their possession of tools would only prove that at least one other species outside the true genus Homo boasted this trait , just as parrots and magpies share the ...
... Australopithecines lacked the beginning of other human charac- teristics , their possession of tools would only prove that at least one other species outside the true genus Homo boasted this trait , just as parrots and magpies share the ...
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... Australopithecines , the rate of advance is three times slower , and the effect of ' selection pressure ' favoring the brain development supposedly derived from tool - making be- comes even more questionable . What is missing from the ...
... Australopithecines , the rate of advance is three times slower , and the effect of ' selection pressure ' favoring the brain development supposedly derived from tool - making be- comes even more questionable . What is missing from the ...
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Lewis Mumford. Robinson , J. T. The Australopithecines and Their Bearing on the Origin of Man and of Stone Tool - making . See Howells , William ( editor ) . Roe , Z. , and G. G. Simpson ( editors ) . Behavior and Evolution . New Haven ...
Lewis Mumford. Robinson , J. T. The Australopithecines and Their Bearing on the Origin of Man and of Stone Tool - making . See Howells , William ( editor ) . Roe , Z. , and G. G. Simpson ( editors ) . Behavior and Evolution . New Haven ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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