How did people get to Britain 950k years ago?
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Re: How did people get to Britain 950k years ago?
#2As far as I understand, Ian Morris's books are not taken very seriously in the academic world. I've read the first part of /Why the West rules/ and must admit that it reads a bit like trying to push a narrative: spinning up facts the right way to make them support his ideas and asserting universal truths without much backing… but I think I'm biased by the reviews I checked before reading the (first part of the) book.
Re: How did people get to Britain 950k years ago?
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Re: How did people get to Britain 950k years ago?
#5As far as I understand, Ian Morris's books are not taken very seriously in the academic world. I've read the first part of /Why the West rules/ and must admit that it reads a bit like trying to push a narrative: spinning up facts the right way to make them support his ideas and asserting universal truths without much backing… but I think I'm biased by the reviews I checked before reading the (first part of the) book.
Genuine question: I've heard this criticism for literally every pop-history book I've read (Guns, Germs, and Steel; Sapiens; The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind, etc). Are there any history books that are taken seriously in the academic world that are actually fun to read? If so, any recommendations? If not, is the issue basically that if you want some history book to be fun, you've got to make some interesting speculations along the way?
Re: How did people get to Britain 950k years ago?
#6As far as I understand, Ian Morris's books are not taken very seriously in the academic world. I've read the first part of /Why the West rules/ and must admit that it reads a bit like trying to push a narrative: spinning up facts the right way to make them support his ideas and asserting universal truths without much backing… but I think I'm biased by the reviews I checked before reading the (first part of the) book.
Genuine question: I've heard this criticism for literally every pop-history book I've read (Guns, Germs, and Steel; Sapiens; The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind, etc). Are there any history books that are taken seriously in the academic world that are actually fun to read? If so, any recommendations? If not, is the issue basically that if you want some history book to be fun, you've got…
adam tooze has a great book called the deluge
Re: How did people get to Britain 950k years ago?
#7On foot. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doggerland
There's a good episode of In Our Time about Doggerland:
Re: How did people get to Britain 950k years ago?
#8Trick question. They didn't. Britain didn't exist until 1707.
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#9Trick question. They didn't. Britain didn't exist until 1707.
Britain or Britannia has been used as the name of the place since at least the 1st century.
Re: How did people get to Britain 950k years ago?
#10Trick question. They didn't. Britain didn't exist until 1707.
> Britain didn't exist until 1707.
Great Britain is an island that is a lot older than 1707 :)