Preview: The Dawn of Everything - A New History of Humanity
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The Eskimos Have Different Names at Different Times of Year
In some societies people actually had different names at different times of year. People were way more self-conscious about social possibilities than virtually anyone living today because they completely shifted social structures every year. The irony is that rather than living in this sort of naive state of not having figured out complex social arrangements, yeah.
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Now, apparently, we have the whole book version! “The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity,” by anthropologist David Graeber and archaeologist David Wengrow makes a similar case, aiming, as the New York Times writes, “to upend the narrative of social evolution.”
