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... paleolithic man had been as indifferent to stone as civilized man has long proved indifferent to the organic environment , civilization itself would never have taken form , for , as we shall soon see , it was originally a Stone Age ...
... paleolithic man had been as indifferent to stone as civilized man has long proved indifferent to the organic environment , civilization itself would never have taken form , for , as we shall soon see , it was originally a Stone Age ...
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... paleolithic hunt . In both cases , fortitude in pursuit , un- flinching courage , and the ability on the part of the ... paleolithic man seems to have nourished a sacred fear , as with his later totemic animals . The skulls of these ...
... paleolithic hunt . In both cases , fortitude in pursuit , un- flinching courage , and the ability on the part of the ... paleolithic man seems to have nourished a sacred fear , as with his later totemic animals . The skulls of these ...
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... paleolithic , 121 Numbers , importance of , 278 Nuttall , Zelia , 20 , 198 Oakley , Kenneth , 98 Obedience ... Paleolithic rites , 20 Paleolithic ritual , evidence for , 118 Paleolithic transformation of human personality , 123 Pan , 114 ...
... paleolithic , 121 Numbers , importance of , 278 Nuttall , Zelia , 20 , 198 Oakley , Kenneth , 98 Obedience ... Paleolithic rites , 20 Paleolithic ritual , evidence for , 118 Paleolithic transformation of human personality , 123 Pan , 114 ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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