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
They might have claimed a longer period of existence, as their first charter was granted by Edward IV.
From Memorials of Old London Volume I by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)
The batrachians are low down in the scale of nature, but they have a determinate period of existence, as do all other forms of life.
From Life: Its True Genesis by Wright, R. W.
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)
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
