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Page 112
... period of glaciation , beginning roughly a hundred thousand years ago , the geographic horizon narrowed and the human horizon widened . Here A. J. Toynbee's belief that the challenge of hard conditions may draw forth resourceful human ...
... period of glaciation , beginning roughly a hundred thousand years ago , the geographic horizon narrowed and the human horizon widened . Here A. J. Toynbee's belief that the challenge of hard conditions may draw forth resourceful human ...
Page 113
... periods compared with the earlier phases . The cold of this last glacial period wrought severe changes in the plant and animal life of the Northern Hemisphere ; for the growing season became as short as that around the Arctic Circle ...
... periods compared with the earlier phases . The cold of this last glacial period wrought severe changes in the plant and animal life of the Northern Hemisphere ; for the growing season became as short as that around the Arctic Circle ...
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... period in terms of polished tools alone , it is equally misleading to regard the process of domestication as a sudden one : an agricultural ' revolution . ' The implications of ' revolution , ' which derives from the hopes and fantasies ...
... period in terms of polished tools alone , it is equally misleading to regard the process of domestication as a sudden one : an agricultural ' revolution . ' The implications of ' revolution , ' which derives from the hopes and fantasies ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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