That is why no society, past or present, has managed to eradicate interest.

In past Chinese society, the family provided every individual's support, livelihood, and long-term security.

The purpose of archaeology is to learn more about past societies and the development of the human race.

Huge numbers of coins survive from past societies dating back over two thousand years.

As a result, he is something of a modern perspective placed in past societies.

It is most famous for the past societies which used to live in the area and its ancient historic sites.

What, exactly, were the processes by which past societies committed ecocide?

Yes, it's true that there are big differences between the situations of those past societies and our modern situation today.

For our society as a whole, the past societies that we have examined in this book suggest broader lessons.

That's an opportunity that no past society enjoyed to such a degree.