What Makes a Society More Resilient? Frequent Hardship. NYT: Science By: Carl Zimmer 1 May 2024 at 11:00 Comparing 30,000 years of human history, researchers found that surviving famine, war or climate change helps groups recover more quickly from future shocks. ยฉ Wirestock, Inc., via AlamyThe city of Caral thrived in Peru between about 5,000 and 3,800 years ago. It was then abandoned for centuries before being briefly reoccupied.