MU-Peter Shimon 🀄 on Nostr: There’s still much to be learned about our prehistory. But we can’t help using it ...

There’s still much to be learned about our prehistory. But we can’t help using it to explain the societies we have or to justify the ones we want.

What the Origins of Humanity Can and Can’t Tell Us
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/05/13/the-invention-of-prehistory-empire-violence-and-our-obsession-with-human-origins-stefanos-geroulanos-book-review