单词 | palaeolithic |
例句 | The first two sets are strange globular things, like palaeolithic tools with a space-age finish. Design for knife: can cutlery cure disability? 2012-06-18T15:10:06Z One of the most extraordinary pieces of palaeolithic art is a 13,000-year-old ivory carving of two reindeer, found in Montastruc in France, but now in the British Museum. Alice Roberts: Rudolph and our early ancestors – a love story 2012-12-23T00:05:20Z He just wanted to transfer a text file from his desktop Mac to a relic of the computational palaeolithic: a vintage Apple II, the company’s first consumer product, introduced in 1977. Challenge to scientists: does your ten-year-old code still run? 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z She specializes in Neanderthals, searching for fossils in palaeolithic caves in the world’s most hostile areas. Meet the Next Generation of National Geographic Explorers 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Dr Matt Pope, a palaeolithic researcher at the UCL Institute of Archaeology, welcomed the research, noting that despite evidence showing similarities between Neanderthals and modern humans, anatomical differences are undeniable. New research sheds light on Neanderthals' distinctive features 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z “It’s fascinating to demonstrate that the Neanderthals were the world’s first artists, and not our own species,” said Paul Pettit, professor of palaeolithic archaeology at Durham University. Neanderthals – not modern humans – were first artists on Earth, experts claim 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z Rather, aboriginal culture, which had hitherto depended on the large and relatively crude stone tools of the palaeolithic, suddenly started using the smaller and finer ones of the neolithic. Prehistoric migration: An Antipodean Raj 2013-01-17T16:04:38Z It appears to me that if Mr. Wallace had endeavoured to imitate the manufactures that were practised by "palaeolithic man," he would have found the very best of reasons for cancelling his statement. Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume 2 Post-Darwinian Questions: Heredity and Utility 2011-10-16T02:00:14.153Z There is an unbridged interval between the builders of the mysterious temple hard by the Sphinx and their predecessors, the chippers of palaeolithic flint axes in the river drift. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z A careful search discovered stone implements of various types,—palaeolithic as well as neolithic. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z Wil Roebroeks, professor of palaeolithic archaeology at Leiden University in the Netherlands said the work “constitutes a major breakthrough in the field of human evolution studies”. Neanderthals – not modern humans – were first artists on Earth, experts claim 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z The implements of palaeolithic type so common in parts of South India, South Africa, the Sudan, Egypt, etc., present a remarkable resemblance to one another. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z Next, with regard to the hand, Mr. Wallace says, that it "contains latent capacities which are unused by savages, and must have been even less used by palaeolithic man and his still ruder predecessors." Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume 2 Post-Darwinian Questions: Heredity and Utility 2011-10-16T02:00:14.153Z The palaeolithic implements all over the globe are all of one pattern. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z What were the burial rites of palaeolithic man we have at present no means of knowing, but for his neolithic successor we know that these were matters of great moment. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" The so-called palaeolithic implements of the early stone age, made of rough, unsharpened stones, belong almost entirely to this period. The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State If they are truly phonetic, then we must suppose that palaeolithic man not only invented an alphabetic writing system, but did this right off by intuition, as it were, without any previous knowledge of letters. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z Evidence has been adduced from some of the palaeolithic cave-dwellings in France to show that the inhabitants practised cannibalism, at least occasionally. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" All these “osseous remains” belong to the palaeolithic period, and from the cranial indices it is thus clear that palaeolithic man was long-headed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z Much of the evidence is in favour of neolithic man being an immigrant, coming into northern and central Europe long after palaeolithic man and his characteristic fauna had disappeared. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" On the surface of the desert, at the borders of the valley, palaeolithic implements of well-defined form are not uncommon, and bear the marks of a remote antiquity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" Whatever classification or nomenclature may be adopted the dual division in palaeolithic times is now generally recognised. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z But there are no distinct traces of palaeolithic culture; the neolithic alone can be said to be represented. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era If then the palaeolithic and neolithic types represented separate species, they would be found to remain distinct through all time. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z We leave palaeolithic man in a cold climate, surrounded by a somewhat mixed fauna that formed his prey. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" A particularly beautiful specimen of the palaeolithic epoch. Jonah and Co. These peoples may have continued to make tools of palaeolithic types, while at the same time coming under the influence of the neolithic culture gradually arriving from some southern region. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z The great palaeolithic discoveries of M. Boucher de Perthes, the very bases of our study of the most ancient men, were “read” as impostures by many “practised people.” The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore The palaeolithic type is to be found among modern European populations. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z W. Boyd Dawkins is of opinion that the reindeer was followed by man in its journey to the north after the retreating glaciers, and that the modern representative of palaeolithic man is the Eskimo. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" The sharp teeth, compressed and serrated like a palaeolithic spear point, and the powerful sharp-pointed curved claws on the feet, prove the carnivorous habits of these dinosaurs. Dinosaurs With Special Reference to the American Museum Collections The tools exhibit deliberate flaking, and mark the transition between eolithic and palaeolithic work. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z The quarrel between significance and illusion seems to be as old as art itself, and I have little doubt that what makes most palaeolithic art so bad is a preoccupation with exact representation. Art We have now not only recovered the earlier dynasties, but neolithic and palaeolithic Egypt emerges from the primitive cemeteries. Recent Developments in European Thought Here, therefore, it may be that something like a bridging of the gap between palaeolithic and neolithic times may be forthcoming. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" The palaeolithic stone implements are found in river gravels and clays, along the higher levels of our own Thames Valley, that of the Somme in France, and in other places. Creation and Its Records But, as already noticed, those recovered from prehistoric, or neolithic kurgans, are found to be dolichocephalous like those of palaeolithic and early neolithic man in Europe. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z Evidently palaeolithic draughtsmen had no sense of the significance of form. Art The acceptance, after long ridicule, of palaeolithic weapons as relics of human culture, probably helped to bring Anthropology within the sacred circle of permitted knowledge. The Making of Religion The neolithic period has often been loosely called the age of polished stone, from the fact that in no case has a polished or ground stone implement been found in a palaeolithic deposit. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" The ugly dress and ugly bearing of the "good man" of to-day will be as incomprehensible to him as the filth of a palaeolithic savage is to us. An Englishman Looks at the World In fact, the alphabet is a collection of signs of palaeolithic antiquity and of vast diffusion. Homer and His Age All three—man, horse, and cow—were undersized; palaeolithic figures; dwarf creatures from the underworld on a visit to the haunts of men. Wanderers The scientific world laughed, not so long ago, at Ogham inscriptions, meteorites, and at palaeolithic weapons as impostures, or freaks of nature. The Making of Religion Evidence of a somewhat different kind is provided for the palaeolithic period by certain caverns that have been discovered in England and on the continent. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" Side by side rested a palaeolithic implement, a Chinese 'wise man,' a Gnostic gem, an amphora of Graeco-Etruscan work. Prince Zaleski If we carry our thoughts as far forward as palaeolithic implements carry them back, we are introduced, not to an absolute optimism, but to a relative optimism. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14 The New Era; A Supplementary Volume, by Recent Writers, as Set Forth in the Preface and Table of Contents The same is true of other palaeolithic stations. Mutual Aid; a factor of evolution There is not a western European palaeolithic or neolithic relic that is not a family relic for every soul alive. First and Last Things In these limestone caves palaeolithic man has lived, slept, eaten his food and made his tools and weapons. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" Their weapons are the most primitive: those of the extinct Tasmanians were actually palaeolithic. Australian Legendary Tales: folklore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies It must not be forgotten that although the neolithic period had many phases, yet its duration is in no way comparable to the incalculable length of the palaeolithic age. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" From this fact he seriously argued that a great mistake had been made in the relative ages of the neolithic and palaeolithic periods, and that the former must necessarily be the older of the two. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" But it is safe to say that the Thames was a very much wider and more imposing river in palaeolithic times than it is now, when its average width at London is under 300 yds. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" An apparent break in the continuity of man’s history in Europe occurs at the end of the palaeolithic period. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" |
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