Got your bag? The critical place of mobile containers in human evolution
- Written by Thomas Suddendorf, Professor, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland
ShutterstockToday, bags are everywhere — from cheap canvas ones at the supermarket to designer handbags costing up to US$2,000,000.
But archaeological evidence shows we have been using mobile containers — bags and other carrying devices — for tens of thousands of years.
Before sedentary life took root after the end of the last...





