View in context. And it might have been for this reason only, that, when I again uplifted my eyes to the house itself, from its image in the pool, there grew in my mind a strange fancy--a fancy so ridiculous, indeed, that I but mention it to show the vivid force of the sensations which oppressed me. View in context.
Stone Age. The Stone Age was a time in history when early humans used tools and weapons made out of stone. It lasted from when the first stone tools were made by our ancestors about 3.4 million years ago, until the introduction of metal tools a few thousand years ago.
Type of Homo Sapiens that lived in Europe and the Middle East between 100,000 and 30,000 B.C. Homo Sapiens Sapiens Wise, Wise Human Being A species that appeared in Africa between 150,000 and 200,000 years ago; they were the first anatomically modern humans Paleolithic Age From the Greek for Old Stone, the early period of human history, from approximately 2,500,000 to 10,000 B.C., during which humans used simple stone tools; sometimes called the Old Stone Age Nomad A person who moves from place to place