History is much more than “line go up,” as @wyman_patrick says. If we zoom in on how people actually lived, we can tell a truer messier story about the past. We can live with empathy.
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She was buried 9,000 years ago wearing an antlered headdress, 140 elk and boar teeth, and the pierced tongue bone of a boar around her neck. A burial like this is an honor.
The woman had a physical condition that caused shaking fits, double vision, twitching eyelids, and sensations of insects or flames crawling across her skin. By her community, this condition was understood not as illness but as access to a world the rest of them couldn't reach.
Her bones confirm the rest. In a foraging community where survival required constant, grueling physical work, she did none of it. Her skeleton shows no signs of hard labor. Someone cared for her.
Finding like these show that the deep human past was far more sophisticated than most people assume. 🔗 Discover more at the link in our bio.
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Today is publication day for my new book Lost Worlds! Come hang out while I chat about the book and answer questions, and don’t forget to order Lost Worlds from your retailer of choice if you haven’t already!
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The Indus Valley civilization didn't disappear overnight. When mega droughts began devastating their region, they adapted - switching crops, changing farming methods, doing everything they could to outlast conditions that were working against them. They weren't passive. They weren't foolish. They just ran out of time.
Historian Patrick Wyman, author of Lost Worlds: How Humans Tried, Failed, Succeeded, and Built Our World, joins Critically Speaking to explain what the rise and fall of ancient societies can teach us about resilience, adaptation, and the decisions we're making right now.
🎧 History has never felt more relevant. Listen to our newest episode at the link in our bio.
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Your boy got a wonderful review in the Wall Street Journal for Lost Worlds!!! Can’t believe it. Preorder at the link in my bio before the book is out Tuesday, I promise it’s good!
Hopped on live to talk about my new book Lost Worlds: How Humans Tried, Failed, Succeeded, and Built Our World, which comes out next Tuesday May 5! Preorder now at the link in my bio!
Portland!!! I’ll be at @powellsbooks on May 18th at 7 PM to talk about my new book, Lost Worlds, with the wonderful @rkambury ! This is a dream come true and I hope to see you all there - keep your eyes peeled for more, as I’m hoping to do a little meet-up after the event as well. More soon!
GLOWING starred review of “Lost Worlds” from Publisher’s Weekly!!! I’m so so happy - there’s an incredibly awkward time between finishing writing and anybody actually reading the book where you have no idea whether it’s any good or not, and apparently…it’s good?!?!
Guy in Scandinavia 3500 years ago: Our way of life is peaceful, we bury these axes with the dead because we no longer need them
Archaeologist: Ah, yes, the warlike people of the Battle Axe Culture
