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Agents Of Change: Modeling Biocultural Evolution In Upper Pleistocene Western Eurasia

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  • C. MICHAEL BARTON

    (Center for Social Dynamics and Complexity, and School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, USA)

  • JULIEN RIEL-SALVATORE

    (Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado Denver, USA)

Abstract

The complex interactions between social learning and biological change are key to understanding the human species and its origins. Yet paleoanthropological models often focus only on the evolution of the human genome and physical characters, while behavior is treated as an epiphenomenon of biological evolution. We present the results of a series of experiments that use computational models, parametrized with new archaeological data, to simulate the complex dynamics of human biocultural evolution in the changing environment of OIS (Oxygen Isotope Stage) 3 of western Eurasia (~58000–27000 ka). These experiments allow us to compare alternative trajectories of human evolution, resulting from differing combinations of socioecological behaviors and biological conditions, against the paleoanthropological record.

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  • C. Michael Barton & Julien Riel-Salvatore, 2012. "Agents Of Change: Modeling Biocultural Evolution In Upper Pleistocene Western Eurasia," Advances in Complex Systems (ACS), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 15(01n02), pages 1-24.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:acsxxx:v:15:y:2012:i:01n02:n:s0219525911003359
    DOI: 10.1142/S0219525911003359
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