Preview: The Dawn of Everything - A New History of Humanity
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The Dawn of Everything, by Emmer Holt
Holt: Graber and Wendrow seem almost allergic to the idea that there's any natural sequence in social arrangements. There's simply no reason they write to believe that societies require more leadership and bureaucracy as they grow, he says. "To me again, growth as the model is just so much more human and potent than even evolution"
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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.”
