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Smart cities: Privately public
In the final part of our series, smart cities can’t exist without the help of the private sector. But this is not a simple arrangement…
11 April 2017
The first settlements were not built by planners. At some point, humans discovered the value of putting down roots and some anthropologists suspect that stockpiling was actually the reason for us throwing away our walking sticks.
Everyone in hunter-gatherer cultures had to be proficient at several roles. Despite the popular idea that men hunted and women foraged, evidence suggests everyone helped with everything. Settlements changed this dynamic.
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