“We often think humans started in small isolated groups and only when the population grew we got globalisation. It is, in a way, the other way round. Take the Middle East. In ancient times it was a large interconnected regional system and nowadays if you want to move from Cairo to Damascus you’ve gotta work for the CIA…” Brilliant interview with @davidwengrow@twitter.com at @novaramedia@twitter.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR-EN0YIBIg #archeology #TDoE #thedawnofeverything #anthropology #xp

“We often think humans started in small isolated groups and only when the population grew we got globalisation. It is, in a way, the other way round. Take the Middle East. In ancient times it was a large interconnected regional system and nowadays if you want to move from Cairo to Damascus you’ve gotta work for the CIA…” Brilliant interview with @davidwengrow@twitter.com at @novaramedia@twitter.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR-EN0YIBIg #archeology #TDoE #thedawnofeverything #anthropology