The Human Tied

Demography is a huge driver of history underappreciated. It's not some exogenous factor, which feeds into history. Numbers matter enormously and historically the bigger gang on the hunting field managed to get the game. And then it's quite interesting to think, where are their exceptions? What was it about technology or organization that allowed certain societies to be the exception to the rule?

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