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Sally Mallam • The First Stories
The crafts of metallurgy, ceramics, and even flint working became so refined that they must have required master craft specialists who were patronized and supported by chiefs. In spite of this, power was not obviously centralized in any one village. Perhaps, as John Chapman observed, it was a time when the restricted resources (gold, copper, Spondy
... See moreDavid W. Anthony • The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World
Quick attempt to write out the logic beyond my Food of the Gods review:
Starting 2 million years ago, homo Habilis emerges from grasslands as meat eaters. This is cited as the main explanation for the growth of the brain, but it's not clear how eating meat led to genetic changes that would pass down to offspring.
However, in hunting mammals (ie: cat
Imagine the situation where the tribe finds itself in a severe drought. Many decades ago, their forebears had survived a similar drought. As the stories of the drought recorded, without water the plants in their territory would offer only minimal sustenance, not enough for survival. However, the bush with the red leaf tips was safe even though they
... See moreLynne Kelly • The Memory Code: The traditional Aboriginal memory technique that unlocks the secrets of Stonehenge, Easter Island and ancient monuments the world over
William Stukeley. Born in 1687, Stukeley, a young Lincolnshire doctor, had found himself drawn to Stonehenge after seeing engravings of the site.
Philip Carr-Gomm • Druid Mysteries: Ancient Wisdom for the 21st Century
Whatever relationship the Indo-Europeans may have had to Amanita in their region of origin, it is most reasonable to suppose that the Vedas were written during the long centuries of their migrations toward the Indian subcontinent.
Terence McKenna • Food of the Gods
“Early linguists, as well as the Kabbalists, believed in a fictional language called the tongue of Eden, the language of Adam. It enabled all men to understand each other, to communicate without misunderstanding. It was the language of the Logos, the moment when God created the world by speaking a word. In the tongue of Eden, naming a thing was the
... See moreNeal Stephenson • Snow Crash: A Novel
The Paleolithic humans lived in small foraging bands of perhaps twenty-five to thirty members, with seasonally shifting base camps organized around the campfire.