Optimising human community sizes
We examine community longevity as a function of group size in three historical, small scale agricultural samples. Community sizes of 50, 150 and 500 are disproportionately more common than other sizes; they also have greater longevity. These values mirror the natural layerings in hunter-gatherer soc...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017
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