I love a book that makes me feel learned and this is undergraduatey and accessible and skims over the issues of evolution and the gap in our knowledge that comes from seeing the monkey evolve into a cyclist or whatever on T-shirts. There were more than just Homo Sapiens, there were many and what happened to the others, and how the Homo Sapien went from the hunter gatherer, who sounds quite relaxed into the pressure of growing numbers, growing need for food, so then farming and finally capitalism... well it is all a nice fast paced big picture story and I liked it.
What I learned... was how recent the arrival in New Zealand was, and why the familiarity with landscape is such a pleasure. That led to the Old Ways, a couple of blogs down the line.
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