What the Origins of Humanity Can and Can't Tell Us
Maya Jasanoff reviews “The Invention of Prehistory: Empire, Violence, and Our Obsession with Human Origins,” by Stefanos Geroulanos.
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Maya Jasanoff reviews “The Invention of Prehistory: Empire, Violence, and Our Obsession with Human Origins,” by Stefanos Geroulanos.
Since the 1800s, Neanderthal depictions have evolved with changing science and social views. An archaeologist explains why the images matter.
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Tantalizing new findings suggest that Neanderthals, our human cousins, are a lot like us. How, then, did we manage to win the evolutionary competition? (C1)
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