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... Bushmen had even earlier practiced the Magdalenian art of cave painting . Apart from the differences in climatic ... Bushman , and the Eskimo as the lineal survivors of their respective paleolithic ancestors , early , middle , and late ...
... Bushmen had even earlier practiced the Magdalenian art of cave painting . Apart from the differences in climatic ... Bushman , and the Eskimo as the lineal survivors of their respective paleolithic ancestors , early , middle , and late ...
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... Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert . In the dry season , when there is a dire lack of water , the Bushmen gather a plant called bi for its watery fibrous root , and bring it back to the werf , the hollow that serves as a home , before the ...
... Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert . In the dry season , when there is a dire lack of water , the Bushmen gather a plant called bi for its watery fibrous root , and bring it back to the werf , the hollow that serves as a home , before the ...
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... Bushmen , the older cave paintings show no repre- sentation of deadly fighting , whereas later pictures , contemporary with kingship , do . Again , though ancient Crete was colonized by distinct and therefore potentially hostile groups ...
... Bushmen , the older cave paintings show no repre- sentation of deadly fighting , whereas later pictures , contemporary with kingship , do . Again , though ancient Crete was colonized by distinct and therefore potentially hostile groups ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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