Humans outstrip almost every animal in terms of running, and the Apache were highly mobile and advanced in terms of their society and economy. However, when confronted with the Spaniards, they could not outfight them and ultimately declined.
Ancient cultures in areas rich in resources like jade, obsidian, salt, and grains would trade not only physical goods but also cultural ideas and art among each other. However, as more was learned about their language, it was discovered that these cultures were also very violent towards one another in some brutal ways.
In this podcast, the speaker discusses the human tendency to form tribes and how we often view those outside our tribe as "other" and even subhuman. Drawing on personal experience from playing chess, he reflects on how people try to divide the world in different ways and how this can be a dangerous mindset.
Felipe Santos came to the United States at 19 with the hopes of creating a home for his family, two years later he went missing.
Michael Lewis recommends the book, The Innocent Anthropologist, where Nigel Barley documents his time spent with interesting people in Northern Cameroon in the mid-1970s, despite being told that the tribe he wanted to write about was no longer there.
US Border Patrol trained right-wing death squads in Los Fresnos, Texas to conduct terrorist bombings and guerrilla activities throughout Central America, including in Guatemala, Colombia, and El Salvador.