David Wengrow
Professor of Comparative Archaeology at University College London. His research focuses on the fundamental questions of human history and culture, social change, and inequality. He is co-author of The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity (2021), which was a finalist for The Orwell Prize for political writing, and winner of the 20th Wenjin Book Award.
Articles

How to change the course of human history
(at least, the part that’s already happened)
The story we have been telling ourselves about our origins is wrong, and perpetuates the idea of inevitable social inequality. David Graeber and David Wengrow ask why the myth of ‘agricultural revolution’ remains so persistent, and argue that there is a whole lot more we can learn from our ancestors.