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... cultivation of plants which captured energy di- rectly from the sun , and with the cultivation of the hard grains - wheat , barley , millet , rice - made storage and more equable distribution throughout the year possible , with a great ...
... cultivation of plants which captured energy di- rectly from the sun , and with the cultivation of the hard grains - wheat , barley , millet , rice - made storage and more equable distribution throughout the year possible , with a great ...
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... cultivation of favored plants . Man's attachment to the existing plant life was parasitic rather than symbiotic . But first by preservation and selection , and then by active cultivation , man found himself able , when the last glacial ...
... cultivation of favored plants . Man's attachment to the existing plant life was parasitic rather than symbiotic . But first by preservation and selection , and then by active cultivation , man found himself able , when the last glacial ...
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... cultivation of this ecological interpretation of life , Darwin's own qualities as a human being , as a husband , a father of ten children , a friend , are indissolubly connected with his fresh ideas ; and even when he tried , THE ...
... cultivation of this ecological interpretation of life , Darwin's own qualities as a human being , as a husband , a father of ten children , a friend , are indissolubly connected with his fresh ideas ; and even when he tried , THE ...
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NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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