National Geographic, Volume 191National Geographic Society., 1997 - Geography |
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... early hominids- apelike creatures on the human fam- ily tree whose roots took hold more than four million years ago with the advent of bipedalism and who eventually evolved into us , Homo sapiens . Without waiting for an answer , Berger ...
... early hominids- apelike creatures on the human fam- ily tree whose roots took hold more than four million years ago with the advent of bipedalism and who eventually evolved into us , Homo sapiens . Without waiting for an answer , Berger ...
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... early Homo to hunt with simple tools . Attracted by circling vultures , hominids hesitate as powerful hyenas wait to move in on a lion's kill . A head for details A larger brain enhanced a hominid's ability to retain complex mental maps ...
... early Homo to hunt with simple tools . Attracted by circling vultures , hominids hesitate as powerful hyenas wait to move in on a lion's kill . A head for details A larger brain enhanced a hominid's ability to retain complex mental maps ...
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... early toolmaking tech- nique of the Stone Age . More advanced skills created the oval biface . Masterly hand axes - called Acheulean after a French site - were crafted later in Africa and the Middle East . Sharp flakes were common in ...
... early toolmaking tech- nique of the Stone Age . More advanced skills created the oval biface . Masterly hand axes - called Acheulean after a French site - were crafted later in Africa and the Middle East . Sharp flakes were common in ...
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