[aestetix]

> Is it your extensive research into anthropology that leads you to call this a "garbage essay"?

No, it is the shift from theory to assumed fact which makes me call it garbage.

If the essay said: "What this new evidence shows is that a surprising number of the world’s earliest cities were likely organized"

Instead of: "What this new evidence shows is that a surprising number of the world’s earliest cities were organized"

I would not have the same objection. The addition of the word "likely" makes a world of difference.