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Human Bridges

Recent scientific findings and research in the study of human origins and our biology, paleoanthropology, and primate research have reached a key threshold: we are increasingly able to trace the outlines and fill in the blanks of our evolutionary story that began 7 million years ago to the present, and understand the social and cultural processes that produced the world we live in now.

We are at an early moment in the education process—the recent science and research have not percolated into popular consciousness, or found application in centers of social influence. Our goal is to offer an accessible synthesis of these findings, and advance this material as a staple of education at all stages of life.

For an introduction to this project, read Human Bridges editor Jan Ritch-Frel’s conversations with Gary Feinman on the promise of archaeology to provide historical context for humanity and how we live today, and Michael Hudson on how the central social institutions we live by are borne out of the archaic past, and Robert Sapolsky on the social advantages of studying the biology of human behavior.

Cities Made Differently: Try Imagining Another Urban Existence

By David Graeber, Nika Dubrovsky

Human Bridges Project

Advances in Archaeology Allow Us to Understand Political Evolution and Social Change in Deep Time

By David M. Carballo, Gary M. Feinman

Human Bridges Project

Eight Themes in Mesopotamia’s Evolving Labor-Shaped Economies

By Michael Hudson

Prepared Learning: What Are Humans Hard-Wired for at Birth?

By Marjorie Hecht

Human Bridges Project

Facing a Surge in Wildfires, the U.S. Government Turned to Native Wisdom and Advanced Archaeology

By Irina Matuzava

Human Bridges Project

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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Monte_Alban_West_Side_Platform.jpg/640px-Monte_Alban_West_Side_Platform.jpg 2x\" data-file-width=\"4160\" data-file-height=\"3168\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003C!--MW-PAGEIMAGES-CANDIDATE-14--\u003E\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003C/i\u003E\n\u003C/p\u003E","title":"The New Grand Tour","link":"","lat":23.01768517976,"lon":76.966635182459,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cdiv class=\"h6\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/The_New_Grand_Tour\" title=\"The New Grand Tour\"\u003EThe New Grand Tour\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBy \u003Ca href=\"/Jan_Ritch-Frel\" title=\"Jan Ritch-Frel\"\u003EJan Ritch-Frel\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003EArea: \u003Ca class=\"mw-selflink selflink\"\u003EHuman Bridges\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\n\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"my-2\"\u003ESix million years of human evidence offers a powerful and universal education to address humanity\u2019s biggest challenges and 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Guide to Human Bridges

With new anthropological, biological and scientific findings, we are increasingly able to trace the outlines and fill in the blanks of our human evolutionary story. This can help us better understand the social and cultural processes that produced the world we live in now. This guide to Human Bridges explores the work of experts from the fields of human biology, human origins, and anthropology who want to contribute their individual expertise to a wider accessible body of information, and enlist in the cause to make this material a staple of education at all stages of life.

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Guide to the Hidden History of Debt

Our financial system originated in Mesopotamia, where it was designed to ensure economic stability for a community. Over time it has transformed into something much more predatory.

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More About the Observatory

Alexander Zaitchik

Alexander Zaitchik is a writing fellow for the Economy for All project at the Independent Media Institute and a freelance journalist based in New Orleans. He is the author of several books, including Owning the Sun: A People’s History of Monopoly Medicine from Aspirin to COVID-19.

Deborah Barsky

Deborah Barsky is a writing fellow for the Human Bridges project of the Independent Media Institute, a researcher at the Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution, and an associate professor at the Rovira i Virgili University in Tarragona, Spain, with the Open University of Catalonia (UOC). She is the author of Human Prehistory: Exploring the Past to Understand the Future.

Gary M. Feinman

Gary M. Feinman is a MacArthur curator of Mesoamerican, Central American, and East Asian anthropology at the Negaunee Integrative Research Center in Chicago, Illinois.

Hal Whitehead

Hal Whitehead is a professor at Dalhousie University in Canada.

Yann Perreau

Yann Perreau is a writer, educator, contemporary art curator, and writing fellow for the Human Bridges project of the Independent Media Institute. He has published several books on art, climate, anonymity, and more. His articles have appeared in many publications, including Libération, Art Press, and East of Borneo. He has served as a cultural attaché for both the French Embassy in London and the French Consulate in Los Angeles. He holds an MPhil in art history from Paris’s EHESS.

Adam S. Green

Adam S. Green is a lecturer in sustainability at the University of York.

Linda M. Nicholas

Linda M. Nicholas is an adjunct curator of anthropology at the Negaunee Integrative Research Center at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois.

Colin Greer

Colin Greer is the president of the New World Foundation. He is the author of three books of poetry, including most recently Defeat/No Surrender.

Michael Hudson

Michael Hudson has devoted his career to the study of debt.

Jan Ritch-Frel

Jan Ritch-Frel is a co-founder of the Observatory and a co-editor of Human Bridges.

Stephen A. Kowalewski

Stephen A. Kowalewski is professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Georgia.

Omala Snyder

Omala Snyder studies English literature, creative writing, and international relations at Dartmouth College.

Eric Laursen

Eric Laursen is an independent journalist, historian, and activist. He is the author of The People’s Pension, The Duty to Stand Aside, The Operating System, and Polymath.

David Graeber

David Graeber was an anthropologist, activist, and bestselling author.

Lane F. Fargher-Navarro

Lane F. Fargher-Navarro is the director of research at the Past Foundation, Ohio State University.

Thomas J. Barfield

Thomas J. Barfield is a historian of Central Eurasia and a professor of anthropology at Boston University.

Marjorie Hecht

Marjorie Hecht is a longtime magazine editor and writer with a specialty in science topics. She is a freelance writer and community activist living on Cape Cod.

David M. Carballo

David M. Carballo is a professor of archaeology, anthropology, and Latin American studies at Boston University.

Irina Matuzava

Irina Matuzava is a contributor to the Human Bridges project.

Brenna R. Hassett

Brenna R. Hassett is a biological anthropologist and archaeologist whose research focuses on childhood, growth, and health in the past.

Richard E. Blanton

Richard E. Blanton is professor emeritus of anthropology at Purdue University.

April M. Short

April M. Short is a co-founder of the Observatory, where she is the Local Peace Economy editor. She is also a writing fellow at the Independent Media Institute.