We assemble a dataset on technology adoption in 1000 BC, 0 AD, and 1500 AD for the
predecessors to today's nation states. Technological differences are surprisingly persistent …

The presence of a state is one of the most reliable historical predictors of social and
economic development. In this article, we complete the coding of an extant indicator of state …

Islands have long been recognized as distinctive evolutionary arenas leading to
morphologically divergent species, such as dwarfs and giants. We assessed how body size …

▪ Abstract Cross-cultural comparative approaches have been used widely in archaeological
research, yet to date none seem to have achieved their full potential. Synchronic cross …

North American archaeologists must reconsider their implicit adherence to the culture history
paradigm. The long-standing role of this approach to situate archaeological remains in …

The almond differs from the other Prunus crops both botanically and horticulturally, and the
combinations of these differences have had widespread consequences on its role in human …

The origin of human ultrasociality—the ability to cooperate in huge groups of genetically
unrelated individuals—has long interested evolutionary and social theorists, but there has …

The formation of the Afroeurasian world-system was one of the crucial points of social
evolution, starting from which the social evolution rate and effectiveness increased …

Compact mathematical models of world-system development: How they can help us to clarify our
understanding of globalization proc Page 1 7 Compact mathematical models of world-system …

В монографии исследуются социально-политическое и экономическое развитие
Ближнего Востока, Индии и Китая, пути и модели их вовлеченности в глобальные …