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dialect; apecilie so «min beadlands, we can aenieye
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snnilnr ingghls il one ear lm bird dialed is named, so
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ibni mug and posnaral sxgnih lioni oliier spesaes mall:
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a rich eneyclopaedia ol a world “mm is iinnob-eed by
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mode wno lack paiiem knowledge, People who ran lnll
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by Inducing iibiillallon in lean neryes liaye a prameal
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insight inlo pialser sbresa induciloin many iribespeople
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can induee siaeli behaviour in oiber animal species, or
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in people (voodoo or "singulgl
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nie anesnpb ial inbal shamans io loiesee she «nine
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and lo eoniiol dreams at yls m by sensory deprivlv
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bori, Io mad lonunes by smoke, eniialls, wakr, or ibe
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movemene ol wpenis, or m sbudy random asaliers o4
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bones or pzbbls are nor more peculiar ilian our elloies
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lo do {he same by ibe siudy ol lne dlsinbnrion ol
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smups ol measures or lbe wrliliin; ol lines on
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mmpum seieens By subrd'ing ourselves lo isolanon,
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danger, and slress, we may pass azmss ine lolds oi
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lime and San preseni and mine wbile we rnainiein
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inese absenl" scales, as desenbed by Dunn new in
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his Expolmm' will. Time. and as rel-ted by parndpanis
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in ine sun danees ol lne sbosnone “anon As we
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drown, or lsll lrom eliils, our liyes “piss belore our
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eyes" (we can see ibe peer and liiniiel
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We need to rliink more on iliese older ways dl
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imparung useliil or iradiiional inionnaiion, nnd ol
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keeping aeeounl ol pbenpmena so inai lliey Arr
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anailable ioall people Number and alpbabei alone Will
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mu do iliis railrrn, song, and danee may be ol gieai
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assisianee io our edueanon, and of greai ieleyance lo
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our lire, ibey are me eaixz-sk or ”Hugs to aeeuraiely
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reproduce
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Appammly sirnple pailerns my eneode complex
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mlurlnahon 1'nere may be no bener example elian nial
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bribe Amsan spiral, wlin lv iniemepbon' s "honzan‘
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-liorieon“ line lrieuae 4.2m This appaienily simple
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spiral lorm IS lnssnbed on u roeli surfaze near die lop
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ul a mess in desert courury in rlie southwcsl usia.
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niree mck slabs have been ureliilly balaneed arid
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sloped, as gnumns which rasi moon-sindows or lby
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ineir curvature) direci yerueial diam! ol sunligbr '0
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me poinls ol me splnly nie I? polnls ai wliien ibe
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spiral iniersms ine huriwmal ixls are abuse ai wnien
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ibe shadnw oi (ht moon is easi by a gnomom on ibe
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spinal, and indieare ine moon eleyaiion or lfiryux
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laminlly lsbl eyele earned by ibe sway ol ine enrlh's
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aids
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Tnus, one simple spiral eeeords lunar and sollr
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cycles lor rbe mgulauml oi plinhngy me (lining of
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eeiemonies nnd lns modei-ii seienee nas yusr realised),
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ine pre ion ol lbe Wryear (“3.6 yearl eycle ol
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drougm and flood A very simple panerri eneodemeni
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ibus iopiesenis s praeiieal long—berm calendar lor all
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pmpIe wliii liye nearby The Anasan eulnue is earinei,
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and only a peisieleni invesngaiion by Anna Soaer lan
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ariisr wnb .riiiiiliib obseryailonal skills! lias revealed
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ine signilieanee m‘ lbia arrangemeni 5eieniisis liaye
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nfien doubled ibe oapaeary ial ii-ibal peoples to pairern
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suen long-lain. and mmpltx erenrs, wbieb in ieriris ol
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our clumsy alphabefial and numerical symbols are noi
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‘16
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FIEHIE u:
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A peiioolyan (may Erwin) iii me Amulsl Indians (Mann Amncal
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ms a lam-mi ulullhl 01 mm and moon L'yblls
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only lurgzluble, bul wnuld lake a small library io
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Encodes 'lbe knowledge so presenled is available |u
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very few mac Tv Science plugnmflw, Auslrallia, zail.
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linuiry '54) However. wile-ever lnbos remain iniaci,
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lbere are many soen sophisiicaled panena-meanmgs
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siill lrnaei, all as mmplex and mfumlahan-densey
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ln llie complex ol nme-(Dncep's eyolyed by
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Ansrralian Abongints, only one land me leasi
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impoiranrl is ilie linear eoneepl lbai wa use lo govzm
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our liie and lime oi lar grenler everyday use was
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pnenomenologieal lor phlnolnglul) hme', ibe runs as
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giyen run by elocks, hm by llie Xxlbphcnnmeua ol
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“owns, birds, arid weaiber An example [rm-n real lile
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is ilial ol an old nbabannarn woman who poinied out
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a small desera ndwer comlng inlo bloom sbe lnld irie
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lbar elie dingoes, in ibe rangrs ol bills lar lo ibe nonb,
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were now rearing pups, and dial n was iime lnr ineir
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gmup in leave liar ibe hills in eolleei ibesn pops
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noosands ol siieii relaiionsbips in: known Io inbal
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peoples Some sueb signals may run oesui in \00 ur all
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years llike ibe [Iowrnng ol a bambool, bin when ii
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does oeeui, speeial actions and eeremonies are
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indiealed. and linked pbenomenn are known
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Fmally, in iribal sonny, one is noi Wise by years, ban
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by degree of ieyelniiori niose who undersland and
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