It doesn't make logical sense but this is currently a big meme in social sciences. If you follow anthropology you'll see many similar quotes so I'm not surprise

It doesn't make logical sense but this is currently a big meme in social sciences. If you follow anthropology you'll see many similar quotes so I'm not surprised it spilled over into archaeology as well by now. The best part is when you look them up, it turns out the researcher who said this is European, from France.