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July 21, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Fifth Beginning: What Six Million Years of Human History Can Tell Us” by Robert Kelly

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Book Summary: “The Agricultural Systems of the World: An Evolutionary Approach” by David Grigg

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Book Summary: “Food, Energy and Society” by David and Marcia Pimentel

March 30, 2021April 11, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “A History of World Agriculture” by Mazoyer and Roudart

January 27, 2021April 11, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “First Farmers” by David Bellwood

January 25, 2021May 28, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “First Migrants: Ancient Migrations in Global Perspective” by Peter Bellwood

January 15, 2021April 11, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Evolution of Human Societies” by Johnson and Earle

April 10, 2020April 15, 2021 Michael Magoon

Article Summary: “Influence of Ancestral Lifeways on Economic Outcomes in Africa” by Michalopoulos, Putterman & Weil

March 11, 2020April 11, 2021 Michael Magoon

Course Summary: “Principles of Human Ecology” by Peter Richerson et al

February 3, 2020April 11, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Ecological-Evolutionary Theory” by Gerhard Lenski

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