[Jamestown1630]

These reconstructions of the faces of ancient people are fascinating to me. They aren’t any different from us; and in them we see our own humanity.

I think we misjudge how wise they were and how much they understood, from their own perspectives, in their own ways.

[NorthMountain]

I think we misjudge how wise they were and how much they understood,

Do you mean to say that we overestimate them, or that we underestimate them? And who is "we"?

[libertylover]

I think we misjudge how wise they were and how much they understood,

Yeah, and an overwhelming majority of them even knew the difference between a boy and a girl.