Looking Back At Human History, Archaeologist Suspects 'We're 51% Good'
Sarah Parcak has found that studying the rise and fall of civilizations has given her hope, or at least some hope. Her new book is called Archaeology from Space: How The Future Shapes Our Past.
by Ari Shapiro
Jul 29, 2019
2 minutes
"My entire life is in ruins."
The first line in Sarah Parcak's new book might come off a bit bleak, but the archaeologist means this literally, not figuratively. In fact, she's found studying thousands of years of human history has actually given her hope, or at least hope. "Humans are very resilient," she says. "And in spite of all the terrible things that we have
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