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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A dramatically new understanding of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions about social evolution—from

Chronologically traces the course of human history and civilization from prehistoric times to the present day, covering key events, people, inventions and disco

Examines the influence of McCarthyism and the CIA on anthropology in the cold war era.

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