This research advances and empirically establishes the hypothesis that, in the course of the
prehistoric exodus of Homo sapiens out of Africa, variation in migratory distance to various …

For most of the vast span of human history, economic growth was all but nonexistent. Then,
about two centuries ago, some nations began to emerge from this epoch of economic …

This paper examines the central hypothesis of the influential Malthusian theory, according to
which improvements in the technological environment during the preindustrial era had …

This introductory text introduces basic concepts in cultural anthropology by comparing
cultures of increasing scale and focusing on specific universal issues throughout human …

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 …

Most governance arrangements involve spatial units with highly unequal powers, for
example, a feudal monarchy and its principalities, an empire and its colonies, a formal …

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 …

During the Holocene, the scale and complexity of human societies increased markedly.
Generations of scholars have proposed different theories explaining this expansion, which …

This chapter discusses different approaches pursued to explore three broad questions
related to technology diffusion: what general patterns characterize the diffusion of …

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