: The book reveals that the earliest cities in the Western Hemisphere were thriving before the construction of Egypt's Great Pyramids. It highlights "man's first feat of genetic engineering": the breeding of corn from a wild grass into a staple crop through a process so sophisticated it was celebrated in the journal Science .
Mann organizes the book around three major pillars of "new revelations" that radically alter the pre-Columbian narrative: 1491- new revelations of the americas before co...
Charles C. Mann's is a groundbreaking work that challenges traditional "founding myths" taught in schools. Instead of a "near-pristine wilderness" inhabited by small nomadic bands, Mann presents evidence of a Western Hemisphere that was more populous, sophisticated, and ecologically influential than previously imagined. Key Revelations from the Book : The book reveals that the earliest cities