ancient
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The book convincingly presents the indigenous case for animism—that nature is fully alive at all levels, and that stones are our most ancient and reliable communicators.
Old age has been venerated and celebrated—and dreaded—by human cultures since ancient times.
By analyzing DNA from modern plants, they were able to predict what ancient enzymes likely looked like millions of years ago.
From Science Daily
I engaged in the ancient ritual of turning the phone off and on again.
French museums will in exchange be loaned ancient treasures mainly from the Anglo-Saxon Sutton Hoo site, one of England's most important archaeological locations.
From Barron's
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