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Page 116
... Ice Age hunting life was necessarily dependent upon the movement of the great herds in search of fresh grazing or browsing grounds : yet it developed fixed points of reference and return - water courses , springs , camping grounds ...
... Ice Age hunting life was necessarily dependent upon the movement of the great herds in search of fresh grazing or browsing grounds : yet it developed fixed points of reference and return - water courses , springs , camping grounds ...
Page 124
... Ice Age : re- current threats of starvation , fatigue from excessive physical activity , and torpor under the cold , which produces mental sluggishness and sleep . But fire saved man , awakened him , further helped to socialize him ...
... Ice Age : re- current threats of starvation , fatigue from excessive physical activity , and torpor under the cold , which produces mental sluggishness and sleep . But fire saved man , awakened him , further helped to socialize him ...
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... glacial period . To associate this process with the moment when we behold the final results , or to attribute the change ... Ice Age , paleolithic man , apart from playing with fire , largely took his habitat as given , and bowed to its ...
... glacial period . To associate this process with the moment when we behold the final results , or to attribute the change ... Ice Age , paleolithic man , apart from playing with fire , largely took his habitat as given , and bowed to its ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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