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The Economics of the Very Long Run: From Fire to Finance in Two Million Years An economist's view of two million years of human history...
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Artefacts and the Study of Life in Roman London From jewellery and domestic utensils to weaponry and religious objects...
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Misusing Darwin: The Materialist Conspiracy in Evolutionary Biology Scientists sometimes complain about the introduction of religious ideas into...
John Colet and Sir Thomas More: The Publishing Trade in London in the Early 16th Century In 1509 John Colet and Thomas More joined the Mercers'...