D Read the statement from "Emergence of Modern Thought."
No one knows for sure when humans began to use symbolic behavior or thought.
Which statement from "Emergence of Modern Thought" best supports the author's statement?
Emergence of Modern Thought
This theory is derived from the idea that decorating oneself with beads is thought to be an expression
of self-image.
O "I don't think the case has been clearly made yet that these are beads."
- Bơ ơ ờ ở
O "Beads are tangible evidence of a concept of self."
O The South African beads were made from the shells of the small snail Nassarius kraussianu.

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”