An Investigation of the Theories of the Natural History of ManBaker & Scribner, 1848 - 739 pages |
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... Ancient Civilization , what . Shinar , the centre of distribution . Egypt . Canaan . Phoenica , or Syria . Assyria . Persia . India . China . No important improvement from the Deluge until patriarchal civilization was en- grafted on the ...
... Ancient Civilization , what . Shinar , the centre of distribution . Egypt . Canaan . Phoenica , or Syria . Assyria . Persia . India . China . No important improvement from the Deluge until patriarchal civilization was en- grafted on the ...
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... ancient and modern , together . Crania of the Turks probably not cor- rectly observed . Functions more important than osteology . Modification of one bone modifies the system . Smith in relation to the chin . Physical char- acters of ...
... ancient and modern , together . Crania of the Turks probably not cor- rectly observed . Functions more important than osteology . Modification of one bone modifies the system . Smith in relation to the chin . Physical char- acters of ...
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... ancient and modern ; but has never yet been collected , arranged , and condensed . It must be acknowledged that all the definitions and systems which have been framed in relation to Man , are more or less artificial . From the Grecian ...
... ancient and modern ; but has never yet been collected , arranged , and condensed . It must be acknowledged that all the definitions and systems which have been framed in relation to Man , are more or less artificial . From the Grecian ...
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... Ancient Greece " has the following sensible and pertinent remarks : - " To the student of the history of man , there is hardly a phenomenon more important in itself , or more diffi- cult of explanation , than the superiority of Europe ...
... Ancient Greece " has the following sensible and pertinent remarks : - " To the student of the history of man , there is hardly a phenomenon more important in itself , or more diffi- cult of explanation , than the superiority of Europe ...
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... ancient nations were originally derived from a nation of pastoral wanderers and robbers of Central Asia , appears to be so highly improbable , that we should rather suppose that China , pressed by popu- lation , or the intestine wars ...
... ancient nations were originally derived from a nation of pastoral wanderers and robbers of Central Asia , appears to be so highly improbable , that we should rather suppose that China , pressed by popu- lation , or the intestine wars ...
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