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  31. 							<td><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Crossing a desert in search of an oasis, high in the mountains on their way to summer pastures, moving from place to place following the herds, the ancients didn't have sign posts, maps, or a convenient gas station. They looked to the sun and the stars to orient themselves, find their way, foretell the seasons, and for their gods. It's hard for us to imagine with our cell phones, Google maps, and GPS receivers that they could travel hundreds and thousands of miles and return without our modern appliances. Of course, they could have gotten lost and thus populated the earth, but at some point they accumulated enough information so they could predict when it was time to go to warmer climes, to find caves for winter, to travel and return to the same place, and eventually when to plant the grain. </font>
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