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The Human Journey

Summary

Discover how trade supercharged human migration and laid the groundwork for complex societies. Early groups exchanged surplus goods with their neighbors in mutually beneficial swaps. Before long, highly valued personal adornments—like beads and jewels—entered the mix, giving rise to a market for inessential but beautiful objects that functioned as an early form of money.

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