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The traditional view places humans at the mercy of agricultural developments roughly 10 to 12 thousand years ago, after which civilization, cities, advanced mathematics, and astronomy flourished. According to Wengrow and Graeber, however, this linear progression oversimplifies the intricate reality of societal interactions throughout history. They argue that many of the attributes we associate with advanced human culture actually emerged much earlier and in the context of highly integrative social systems where hunter-gatherers were far from isolated.