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early stage of the Stone Age, beginning about 500,000 to 750,000 years ago when early humans made chipped-stone tools
- A couched spear of acuminated granite rested by him while at his feet reposed a savage animal of the canine tribe whose stertorous gasps announced that he was sunk in uneasy slumber, a supposition confirmed by hoarse growls and spasmodic movements which his master repressed from time to time by tranquilising blows of a mighty cudgel rudely fashioned out of paleolithic stone.Episode 12 — Cyclops (11% in)
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