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Love how this book is constantly examining the weaponization of history and challenging preconceived narratives. History is far more complicated and nuanced than we like to imagine - The idea that ancient humans couldn't have lived the same multi-faceted and contradictory lives that we live. This book suggests that they did, which seems obvious in hindsight. But the Great Narrative persists, The Great West...

“The Bright Ages” seems to be a provocative title, because Gabriele and Perry seem to ditch the idea of brightness, and opt for nuance - which they retrofit as brightness.