The civilisation myth: How new discoveries are rewriting human history

[Nearly Sane]

Interesting stuff. We like linear narratives, and there is a great seductive quality in the idea that there was some magic trigger to us advancing into the sunlit uplands of civilisation.


https://archive.vn/ovwmz

[torridon]

Interesting, thanks.  The more we find out about the past, the less simple and straightforward our narratives have to become.