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Anthropology, pure and applied
June 19, 2015 - 3:40am
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There are two really excellent essays on the development of the human species and several related topics by the Canadian anthropologist Helga Vierich, which I think should be widely read, posted as comments following an article:
http://www.livinganthropologically.com/anthropology/agriculture-as-worst...
Heredity versus environment, somewhat technical -
Still Missing, article by Eric Turkheimer:
http://people.virginia.edu/~ent3c/papers2/StillMissingFinal.pdf
Crops, Towns, Government (States and Hunter-Gatherers), a review by James C. Scott
of "The World Until Yesterday: what we can learn from traditional societies" by Jared Diamond
I'm sceptical about the conclusion (too emphatic), but it's full of brilliant insights along the way:
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v35/n22/james-c-scott/crops-towns-government