Keys to Building Human Bridges to the Past
Human technologies have continued to evolve exponentially since the end of the Paleolithic: today we are using them to learn more about the past.
Jan Ritch-Frel and Marjorie Hecht: Robert Sapolsky: Are We Better off Accepting That There’s No Free Will?
Interviewing the neuroscientist and primate behavior expert on a question that could radically change our understanding of reality
Marjorie Hecht: The Mystery of the Missing Apes Who Came Before Humans
Marjorie Hecht: The Mystery of the Missing Apes Who Came Before Humans
Roman Oligarchs Avoided Tax Liability and Restrictions on Land Size
The oligarchic tradition of land-grabbing and tax dodging goes back centuries.
Seven Features of Ancient Enterprise
By Michael Hudson Author Bio: Michael Hudson is an American economist, a professor of economics at the University of Missouri–Kansas City, and a researcher at the Levy Economics Institute at Bard College. He is a former Wall Street analyst, political…
Parallels Between Archaic Entrepots and Modern Offshore Banking Centers [eg Cayman Islands]
Offshore banking and tax-avoidance centers are nothing new; they’ve been with us for millennia.
Widening the ‘We’
By Colin Greer and Eric Laursen Author Bios: Colin Greer is the president of the New World Foundation. He was formerly a CUNY professor, a founding editor of Social Policy magazine, a contributing editor at Parade magazine for almost 20…
The Great Archaeological Discovery of Our Time
An interview with renowned archaeologist Gary M. Feinman on the emergence of a global data set from our past that humanity can use to prosper—and avoid the biggest mistakes.
Discarding Old Theories on the Path to Finding the First Humans Outside Africa
Spectacular archeological finds reveal the true past of the first Europeans.
The Adaptive Value of Teenagers: How Peer Learning Contributes to Primate Success
By Brenna R. Hassett Author Bio: Brenna R. Hassett, PhD, is a biological anthropologist and archaeologist at the University of Central Lancashire and a scientific associate at the Natural History Museum, London. In addition to researching the effects of changing…
