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characteristics were shaped during this long pre-agricultural era.
Yuval Noah Harari • Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
If we can combine the Proto-Indo-European vocabulary with a specific set of archaeological remains, it might be possible to move beyond the usual limitations of archaeological knowledge and achieve a much richer knowledge of these particular ancestors.
David W. Anthony • The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World
Paleo-geneticists suggest that much of Europe’s population in fact reflects the admixture of two populations: the first originating with early farmers from Anatolia and the second with the Yamnaya people, itself an admixture of hunter-gatherer populations.
Jeffrey D. Sachs • The Ages of Globalization: Geography, Technology, and Institutions
Yeavering Bell itself has not been substantially excavated but at another great hillfort of the Votadini, Traprain Law in East Lothian, successive archaeological campaigns have revealed a substantial reinforcing of the ramparts at the end of the fourth century and yielded a colossal hoard of fifth-century Roman silver weighing 53 lb. Most of the pi
... See moreMax Adams • The First Kingdom
Technological styles are often better indicators of ethnic origin than decorative styles.
David W. Anthony • The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World
Or was it? There was a serpent in the hunter-gatherer
Matt Ridley • The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves (P.S.)
Such colossal potential in the humble pip!
Mick Jackson • The Underground Man
The Edge of the World: A Cultural History of the North Sea and the Transformation of Europe
