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

Thus ended in Asia Minor the dominion of this people in their character of nomad conquerors; another period of existence now commenced for them.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 by Various

You see I have come to a period of existence in which a man has to calculate his resources.

From The Lovels of Arden by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

It is Freud's service to have investigated this inadequately chronicled period of existence with extraordinary acumen.

From Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex by Brill, A. A. (Abraham Arden)

Further, it appears from the evidence of the managing director of the N.Z.A.S.M., that in consideration of the reduction of tariffs, he wished to have secured to the Company a certain period of existence.

From The Transvaal from Within A Private Record of Public Affairs by Fitzpatrick, Percy, Sir