> 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

> 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.