David Wengrow

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Archaeologists excavating a Neolithic tomb in Jeruslaem found the remains of an ancient shaman who lived 9,000 years ago. This particular mystic may have been granted her position as a…

The legendary director talks about his wide-ranging reading taste, and some of the books that informed his latest film, which stars Adam Driver as a visionary polymath.

A sweeping new history of humanity upends the story of civilization, inviting us to imagine how our own societies could be radically different.

Archaeologists are unsure why unrelated teenagers were buried in an elaborate Bronze Age tomb but think their age may be a clue.

How civilization came to be and how social media is ending it

'Pirate Enlightenment,' by David Graeber, late co-author of the bestselling 'Dawn of Everything,' locates the possible dawn of democracy in Madagascar.

Oklahoma's Muscogee people, among others, promoted rule by the people long before the U.S. Constitution was written.

The captivating horror of category violation.

A mind-expanding book