Positive feedbacks in deep-time transitions of human populations

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dc.contributor.authorLima, Mauricio
dc.contributor.authorGayo, Eugenia M.
dc.contributor.authorEstay, Sergio A.
dc.contributor.authorGurruchaga, Andone
dc.contributor.authorRobinson, Erick
dc.contributor.authorFreeman, Jacob
dc.contributor.authorLatorre, Claudio
dc.contributor.authorBird, Darcy
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-20T17:09:57Z
dc.date.available2025-01-20T17:09:57Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractAbrupt and rapid changes in human societies are among the most exciting population phenomena. Human populations tend to show rapid expansions from low to high population density along with increased social complexity in just a few generations. Such demographic transitions appear as a remarkable feature of Homo sapiens population dynamics, most likely fuelled by the ability to accumulate cultural/technological innovations that actively modify their environment. We are especially interested in establishing if the demographic transitions of pre-historic populations show the same dynamic signature of the Industrial Revolution transition (a positive relationship between population growth rates and size). Our results show that population growth patterns across different pre-historic societies were similar to those observed during the Industrial Revolution in developed western societies. These features, which appear to have been operating during most of our recent demographic history from hunter-gatherers to modern industrial societies, imply that the dynamics of cooperation underlay sudden population transitions in human societies.This article is part of the theme issue 'Evolution and sustainability: gathering the strands for an Anthropocene synthesis'.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1098/rstb.2022.0256
dc.identifier.eissn1471-2970
dc.identifier.issn0962-8436
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0256
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/91077
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:001142513400004
dc.issue.numero1893
dc.language.isoen
dc.revistaPhilosophical transactions of the royal society b-biological sciences
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjecthuman expansions
dc.subjectpopulation
dc.subjectcooperation
dc.subjectpositive feedback
dc.titlePositive feedbacks in deep-time transitions of human populations
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen379
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sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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