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... direct line of human ascent , despite marked physical divergences from both apes and later men . Since Leakey's sub - hominids had a brain capacity about a third of Homo sapiens -less indeed than some apes - the ability to chip and use ...
... direct line of human ascent , despite marked physical divergences from both apes and later men . Since Leakey's sub - hominids had a brain capacity about a third of Homo sapiens -less indeed than some apes - the ability to chip and use ...
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... direct appeal , one might suppose , to an oppressed and exploited group like the Jews . On the Sabbath day alone , the lowliest classes in the community enjoyed a freedom , a leisure , a dignity that only the chosen minority enjoyed on ...
... direct appeal , one might suppose , to an oppressed and exploited group like the Jews . On the Sabbath day alone , the lowliest classes in the community enjoyed a freedom , a leisure , a dignity that only the chosen minority enjoyed on ...
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... direct quotation . " Alas , how many attacks were made upon this raging fiend ; to him every onslaught was as nothing . O wretched folk , for you there availed not the impregnable fortresses , nor the lofty walls of your cities , nor ...
... direct quotation . " Alas , how many attacks were made upon this raging fiend ; to him every onslaught was as nothing . O wretched folk , for you there availed not the impregnable fortresses , nor the lofty walls of your cities , nor ...
Contents
PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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