period of existence
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Neanderthals enjoyed a long period of existence between about 400,000 and 70,000 years ago, spreading from Africa to the Middle East and Europe.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020
Nearly every soul feels, at some period of existence, its subtle relationship to a something, a power outside of its material life and surroundings.
From Insights and Heresies Pertaining to the Evolution of the Soul by Scofield, Anna Bishop
As for me, I confess by far the greater portion of my sorrows seemed to come in that budding period of existence when life is ever fairest and most captivating.
From Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 by Lever, Charles James
As to impressions transmitted at a very early period of existence, every one knows the story of King James's fear of a naked sword and the way it is accounted for.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 by Various
Where is there boy or girl of romantic imagination who did not, at some juvenile period of existence, revel in descriptions of American forest-life?
From Agatha's Husband A Novel by Crane, Walter
