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Ray, Satyajit
(Encyclopedia)Ray, Satyajit sätyäˈjĭt rī, rā [key], 1921–92, Indian film director, b. Calcutta (now Kolkata). His subtle, austere, and delicately lyrical films made him one of the outstanding filmmakers of ...Roentgen ray
(Encyclopedia)Roentgen ray: see X ray.Röntgen ray
(Encyclopedia)Röntgen ray: see X ray.early man
(Encyclopedia)early man: see human evolution.Heidelberg man
(Encyclopedia)Heidelberg man: see Homo erectus. ...Java man
(Encyclopedia)Java man: see Homo erectus.medicine man
(Encyclopedia)medicine man, among Native Americans and other traditional peoples as far back as Paleolithic times, a person believed to possess supernatural healing powers. Like the shaman the medicine man was a sp...Neandertal man
(Encyclopedia)Neandertal man: see Neanderthal man. ...Neanderthal man
(Encyclopedia)Neanderthal man –tôlˌ [key], a species of Homo, the genus to which contemporary humans belong, known as H. neandertalensis after Neanderthal (now Neandertal), Germany, the valley where the first s...Peking man
(Encyclopedia)Peking man: see Homo erectus.Browse by Subject
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