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... Oakes Ames , was surely right in suggesting that while early man already possessed much botanical knowledge acquired by kin- dred primates and hominids - the gorilla forages on more 102 FINDERS AND MAKERS.
... Oakes Ames , was surely right in suggesting that while early man already possessed much botanical knowledge acquired by kin- dred primates and hominids - the gorilla forages on more 102 FINDERS AND MAKERS.
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... Oakes Ames . " When the elaborate methods of preparation of some of the plants used to break down the monotony of life are studied , it becomes quite evident that primitive man must have possessed something other than chance to reveal ...
... Oakes Ames . " When the elaborate methods of preparation of some of the plants used to break down the monotony of life are studied , it becomes quite evident that primitive man must have possessed something other than chance to reveal ...
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... Oakes Ames . Land and Life . A Selection from the Writings of Carl Ortwin Sauer , edited , with an introduction by John Leighly . Berkeley : 1963 . A notable series of papers , many of them permanent landmarks in the interpretation of ...
... Oakes Ames . Land and Life . A Selection from the Writings of Carl Ortwin Sauer , edited , with an introduction by John Leighly . Berkeley : 1963 . A notable series of papers , many of them permanent landmarks in the interpretation of ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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