The foundations of modern economic systems are rooted in the economic behaviour of contemporary humans, and ‘primitive’ societies have been assumed not to fit standard economic theory. But an analysis of metal fragments — effectively, money — shows that modern-style economic behaviour can be identified at least as far back as 3,500 years ago.

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青铜时代的欧洲人表现出现代经济行为


现代经济体系的基础植根于当代人类的经济行为，而“原始”社会被认为不符合标准的经济理论。但对金属碎片——实际上是货币——的分析表明，现代式的经济行为至少可以追溯到 3500 年前。