David Carballo coauthor on an article in Science Advances
David Carballo coauthor on an article in Science Advances dealing with issues of comparative governance viewed in deep time for the newsletter. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aec1426
The takeaway is that relatively democratic institutions arose in a number of societies across the globe (as did autocratic ones) that can be seen not only through texts but also the archaeological record.