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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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... Australopithecines , 5 , 99 , 105 Authoritarian technics , 237 Autistic expression , 83 Automatic loom , 291 Automation , [ 28 ] ; Aris- totle's conditions for , 271 ; dream of , 241 Automatism , 65 Automaton , [ 28 ] , 255 , 281 ...
... Australopithecines , 5 , 99 , 105 Authoritarian technics , 237 Autistic expression , 83 Automatic loom , 291 Automation , [ 28 ] ; Aris- totle's conditions for , 271 ; dream of , 241 Automatism , 65 Automaton , [ 28 ] , 255 , 281 ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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