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A dramatically new understanding of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions about social evolution―from the development of agriculture and cities to the origins of the state, democracy, and inequality―and revealing new possibilities for human emancipation.
For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike―either free and equal innocents, or thuggish and warlike. Civilization, we are told, could be achieved only by sacrificing those original freedoms or by taming our baser instincts. In their major New York Times
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Publisher : Picador Paper (April 4, 2023)
Language : English
Paperback : 720 pages
ISBN-10 : 1250858801
ISBN-13 : 978-1250858801
Item Weight : 1.14 pounds
Dimensions : 5.45 x 1.2 x 8.2 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #5,713 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
#6 in Native American History (Books)
#15 in Cultural Anthropology (Books)
#19 in History of Civilization & Culture
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