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The real reason states first emerged thousands of years ago – new research

By Christopher Opie, Senior Lecturer in Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Bristol
Quentin Douglas Atkinson, Professor of Psychology, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau

New findings add weight to the theory that states didn’t just spring up from any kind of farming – it had to be grain.

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