How Can We Understand the Passage of Time?

The Archaeologist

How Can We Understand the Passage of Time?

By Deborah Barsky and Jan Ritch-Frel Recent developments in the study of human prehistory hold clues about our times, our world, and ourselves.We can all agree that most people want to know about their origins—spanning from their family and ancestral history and even, occasionally, deeper into the evolutionary story.Lately, this desire has become more palpable in society at large and even taken on urgent tones as we drift away from the lifestyl…