‘Wrong About (Almost) Everything’ – a review of ‘The Dawn of Everything’ by David Graeber & David Wengrow 'The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity', David Graeber and David…
Did Communism Make Us Human? On the anthropology of David Graeber – by Chris Knight A critique of David Graeber’s understanding of communism.
Hunter-Gatherers and Human Evolution: New light on old debates - Richard B. Lee A leading specialist on hunter-gatherers exposes Steven Pinker’s poorly-researched claims that…
Gender egalitarianism made us human: A response to David Graeber & David Wengrow's 'How to change the course of human history' - by Camilla Power In an ambitious recent article in Eurozine David Graeber and David Wengrow try to…
'Communism in Living' - What can early human society teach us about the future? by Camilla Power We need to appreciate the significance that understanding primitive communism held…
Abundance and scarcity in primitive societies – La Guerre Sociale A 1977 text reviewing recent scholarship on social anthropology and its implications for…
Egalitarian social organisation among hunter-gatherers: the case of the Mbendjele Bayaka - Jerome Lewis It would be absurd to try to return to the social relations of our hunter-gatherer…
Blood Relations: Menstruation and the origins of culture - Chris Knight (complete book) This highly original book presents a new theory of the origins of human culture. Integrating…
Climate, class, and the Neolithic revolution Climate change helped make human civilisation possible. Does it now threaten its existence?
Why hunter-gatherers' work is play - Peter Gray Excellent article by Dr Peter Gray, explaining how hunter-gatherer societies lack a conception of "work" as they make no distinction between work…
Mutual aid and the foraging mode of thought: Re-reading Kropotkin on the Khoisan - Alan Barnard This paper utilizes Kropotkin's notion of ‘mutual aid’ and examines specifically…
Primitive communism and women's role in its emergence How did human evolution give rise to a species whose very survival is based on mutual confidence and…
