Duration of agriculture and distance from the steppe predict the evolution of large-scale human societies in Afro-Eurasia
Abstract Understanding why large, complex human societies have emerged and persisted more readily in certain regions of the world than others is an issue of long-standing debate. Here, we systematically test different hypotheses involving the social and ecological factors that may ultimately promote...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Nature
2020-07-01
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| Series: | Humanities & Social Sciences Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-020-0516-2 |