Re-examining the Past to Shape Our Future

Isn’t it about time we started thinking differently about what is humanly possible?

A new book re-interprets the evidence such as this 9000 BC site at Gokeckli Tepe where humans built elaborate structures, feasted, then returned to hunting and gathering. Photo by Teomancimit on Wikimedia Commons

A new book is shaking up how we think about ancient history by challenging the idea of civilization itself.

For generations, we’ve been taught that a key to civilization is people living together in a single space where a stratified society imposes structure and rules.