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War, space, and the evolution of Old World complex societies
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Significance: How did human societies evolve from small groups, integrated by face-to-face cooperation, to huge anonymous societies of today? Why is there so much variation in the ability of different human populations to construct viable states? We developed a model that uses cultural evolution mechanisms to predict where and when the largest-scale complex societies should have arisen in human history. The model was simulated within a realistic landscape of the Afroeurasian landmass, and its predictions were tested against real data. Overall, the model did an excellent job predicting empirical patterns. Our results suggest a possible explanation as to why a long history of statehood is positively correlated with political stability, institutional quality, and income per capita.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Turchin, P., Currie, T. E., Turner, E. A. L., & Gavrilets, S.
- Venue
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Publisher
- National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 2013-09-23
- Volume
- 110
- Issue
- 41
- Pages
- 16384-16389
- ISSN
- 0027-8424
- 1091-6490
- Cited by
- 238
- References
- 6
- Language
- en
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