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... achieved best by means of a very small number of arbitrary code elements . In language the smallest of these elements are called phonemes . Phonemes are distinctive sounds that are meaningless in isolation . But when phonemes are ...
... achieved best by means of a very small number of arbitrary code elements . In language the smallest of these elements are called phonemes . Phonemes are distinctive sounds that are meaningless in isolation . But when phonemes are ...
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... achieved coercive effects through what was regarded merely as an intensification of familiar reciprocal principles . The exchange system known as redistribution enabled this transi- tion to occur . In redistributive exchange the labor ...
... achieved coercive effects through what was regarded merely as an intensification of familiar reciprocal principles . The exchange system known as redistribution enabled this transi- tion to occur . In redistributive exchange the labor ...
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... achieved realistic cave art paintings of animals for which there is no known parallel on other continents . But by 12,000 B.P. most of the cave art had already been abandoned in favor of quite undis- tinguished geometric designs ...
... achieved realistic cave art paintings of animals for which there is no known parallel on other continents . But by 12,000 B.P. most of the cave art had already been abandoned in favor of quite undis- tinguished geometric designs ...
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Suborder Anthropoidea versus Suborder Prosimii | 27 |
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