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samanthasimonsen's review
challenging
informative
slow-paced
This book is full of some very interesting ideas and interesting anecdotes, but that’s all I got out of it. This took me months to listen to on audiobook and never really grabbed me. On the one hand, I think I would have gotten much more out of it if I had read a physical copy; on the other hand, I never would have finished the physical copy at all. Some of the arguments were not entirely persuasive to me, but I hope that this will be the start of a host of new scholarship, and that some of the future works on this topic will be more digestible.
karrama's review against another edition
5.0
Very engaging and informative; I especially love how this books talks about large structures created by people in "hunter gatherer" times as a way to discount the hunter-gatherer myth. People develop technology and use it as suits them, rather than suddenly settling down. So much to learn!
cchapple's review against another edition
5.0
Cracks the foundation of our understanding of human history wide open, looking at humans not as creatures of inevitability, but possibility.
melissafrench's review against another edition
I found myself avoiding reading when this was the only book I had active. It’s a very interesting concept, but the audiobook narration is almost hypnotic in its monotony, and I just don’t have time to sit down and really read something this dense at this time in life.
cnlthefrog's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
An amazing book that makes you question the foundations of everyday life.
zeibeat's review against another edition
5.0
It took me time and effort to make it til the end as English is not my mother tongue and lately I am reading more accessible fiction than anything else. Worth the adventure!
I took it as a counterweight for Sapiens and I learned a lot. I got a complete new view on where we may come from as an organized society.
If you have curiosity for anthropology and you feel that all this latest trend of worshipping our past of hunter gathering live sounds a little bit basic and childish, go for it!
I took it as a counterweight for Sapiens and I learned a lot. I got a complete new view on where we may come from as an organized society.
If you have curiosity for anthropology and you feel that all this latest trend of worshipping our past of hunter gathering live sounds a little bit basic and childish, go for it!