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Page 76
... late peri- ods . The Serra do Mar and the " sugar loaf " formations in the Baía de Guanabara ( Bay of Guanabara ) , both in southern Brazil , both belong to the early period ; the so- called Minas series ( a long belt of metamorphosed ...
... late peri- ods . The Serra do Mar and the " sugar loaf " formations in the Baía de Guanabara ( Bay of Guanabara ) , both in southern Brazil , both belong to the early period ; the so- called Minas series ( a long belt of metamorphosed ...
Page 144
... late 12th century . There are works extant from the mid- dle of the 14th century , didactic texts written in prose by Jaina monks ; one such is the Bālāvabodha ( " Instructions to the Young " ) , by Taruna - prabha . A non - Jaina text ...
... late 12th century . There are works extant from the mid- dle of the 14th century , didactic texts written in prose by Jaina monks ; one such is the Bālāvabodha ( " Instructions to the Young " ) , by Taruna - prabha . A non - Jaina text ...
Page 275
... Late Stone Age skeletal remains , it seems clear that the Late Stone Age population of southern Africa encountered in historic times - Pygmies , San ( commonly called Bush- men ) , and Khoikhoi ( conventionally , but incorrectly ...
... Late Stone Age skeletal remains , it seems clear that the Late Stone Age population of southern Africa encountered in historic times - Pygmies , San ( commonly called Bush- men ) , and Khoikhoi ( conventionally , but incorrectly ...
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