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... called eoliths , are the work of nature or man ; and there is no tangible evidence to indicate what the so - called hand- axe , the chief tool of early paleolithic peoples for hundreds of thousands of years , was actually used for ...
... called eoliths , are the work of nature or man ; and there is no tangible evidence to indicate what the so - called hand- axe , the chief tool of early paleolithic peoples for hundreds of thousands of years , was actually used for ...
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... called connected discourse came into being , it seems likely that early man had produced sequences of connected actions that had many of the characteristics of verbal language , accompanied by shared feelings that would later be called ...
... called connected discourse came into being , it seems likely that early man had produced sequences of connected actions that had many of the characteristics of verbal language , accompanied by shared feelings that would later be called ...
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... called a " weapon is sometimes called a pick and also a borer , but it probably served as a thrusting weapon , and as such may properly be designated as a poignard . ” But were the earliest men chiefly hunters ? That question demands to ...
... called a " weapon is sometimes called a pick and also a borer , but it probably served as a thrusting weapon , and as such may properly be designated as a poignard . ” But were the earliest men chiefly hunters ? That question demands to ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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