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Reading Notes Bone From A Dry Sea (Then sections)

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• 1-7
  • communication

• • Use of stones

• • Development of thought

• 16-23
  • Difficulty in telling story

• • Change in environment(Turner)

• • Instinct versus imagination

• 33-41 Summary
  • Concept of death and an after life

• • Role of food sharing and bonding

• 50-55
  • Role of ritual and leadership

• • Adornment

• 68-75 Summary
  • Importance of Ritual challenge

• • Consequences of not following ritual and customs(Toynbee)

• 86-94
  • Relationship to the environment and fresh water

• • Importance of the pool

• 104-115
  • Relationship with dolphins

• • Prestige and leadership

• • Beginnings of beliefs

• 126-132
  • Nature of leadership development

• • Interaction with environment (Boorstein)

• 143-150

• • Interaction with other hominids

• • Use of rocks as weapons

• 158-165

• • Changes in environment (Darwin)

• 176-182

• • Establishing community

• • Movement

• 191-194
  • Adaptation (Darwin)