The foundations of modern economic systems are rooted in the economic behaviour of contemporary humans, and ‘primitive’ societies have been assumed not to fit standard economic theory. But an analysis of metal fragments — effectively, money — shows that modern – style economic behaviour can be identified at least as far back as 3,500 years ago.
Nicola Ialongo, Giancarlo Lago (2024). Bronze Age Europeans exhibited modern economic behaviour. NATURE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR, 2024, 1-2 [10.1038/s41562-024-01936-2].
Bronze Age Europeans exhibited modern economic behaviour
Giancarlo Lago
2024
Abstract
The foundations of modern economic systems are rooted in the economic behaviour of contemporary humans, and ‘primitive’ societies have been assumed not to fit standard economic theory. But an analysis of metal fragments — effectively, money — shows that modern – style economic behaviour can be identified at least as far back as 3,500 years ago.File in questo prodotto:
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