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
The time seemed so long to him, that Poppy and Seabridge and the Foam might have belonged to another period of existence.
From A Master Of Craft by Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark)
The powers of men are no more superior to their wants, considered merely in this life, than those of foxes and hares are, compared to their wants and to their period of existence.
From Hume (English Men of Letters Series) by Huxley, Thomas Henry
She had purchased a brief period of existence at the expense of honor and fame.
From Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles
