Sapiens

incriminating.

enamoured

Merchants, conquerors and prophets were the first people who managed to transcend the binary evolutionary division, ‘us vs them’, and to foresee the potential unity of humankind.

Money is more open-minded than language, state laws, cultural codes, religious beliefs and social habits.

But no longer. Within 2,000 years of the Sapiens arrival, most of these unique species were gone. According to current estimates, within that short interval, North America lost thirty-four out of its forty-seven genera of large mammals.

Studies of ancient skeletons indicate that the transition to agriculture brought about a plethora of ailments, such as slipped discs, arthritis and hernias.

Humans, like many mammals, have hormonal and genetic mechanisms that help control procreation.

Nobody agreed to this deal: the Agricultural Revolution was a trap.

We did not domesticate wheat. It domesticated us.

It offered nothing for people as individuals.