Why the Human Origin Story Matters So Much to Us Today
Stefanos Geroulanos shares 5 big ideas from The Invention of Prehistory: Empire, Violence, and Our Obsession with Human Origin.
What do you think the earliest humans were like? More importantly, what does that belief tell you about what humans are like now? Studying prehistory isn’t just an academic exercise, but has present-day implications for global politics and social policies, according to Stefanos Geroulanos, author of the new book The Invention of Prehistory: Empire, Vio…
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