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Wengrow emphasizes that the sheer range of human creativity has often been overlooked in favor of a narrative that depicts early peoples as monotonously repeating cycles of existence before the discovery of agriculture. They propose that the evidence indicates these societies were rich and varied, forming connections across vast distances and engaging with one another in complex ways. Foraging societies, often seen as primitive, exhibited social structures that were intertwined with artistic expression, knowledge transfer, and community governance.