Ancient History

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    this has been very refreshing, maybe obvious but casts ancient humans (hunter gatherers) as intellectual equals. I studied social sciences and it's really incredible how pervasive the alternate view of primitive people as barely surviving until the wealth of agriculture is.

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    • Makes sense. You can't really survive and evolve if you're as dumb as a rock.Continuity
    • especially societies without documented or written histories, all their current and ancient knowledge was stored in their brains and passed down. Incredible._niko
    • I’m almost done this book. Some interesting perspectives but I’m not convince by their argument so farGnash
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