Human social complexity was significantly lower during climate cooling events of the past 10 millennia

Human civilizations depend on the climate. Changes in climate affect the production of food and other resources that support populations and their economies. We asked whether the millennium-scale climate cooling events identified by Gerard Bond predicted social complexity in the Seshat cross-cultura...

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Main Author: Hooper, Paul L.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: eScholarship, University of California 2021
Subjects:
social complexity
climate
Bond event
historical ecology
Arctic
Online Access:https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3871v3wq
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spelling ftcdlib:oai:escholarship.org:ark:/13030/qt3871v3wq 2023-05-15T14:59:01+02:00 Human social complexity was significantly lower during climate cooling events of the past 10 millennia Hooper, Paul L. 2021-01-01 application/pdf https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3871v3wq unknown eScholarship, University of California qt3871v3wq https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3871v3wq CC-BY CC-BY Cliodynamics, vol 12, iss 0 social complexity climate Bond event historical ecology article 2021 ftcdlib 2021-12-27T18:19:15Z Human civilizations depend on the climate. Changes in climate affect the production of food and other resources that support populations and their economies. We asked whether the millennium-scale climate cooling events identified by Gerard Bond predicted social complexity in the Seshat cross-cultural database. The results show that social complexity was significantly lower during the coldest two centuries of Bond cooling events. Reductions in complexity are evident in regions north of the tropics adjacent to the Atlantic or Arctic, particularly in North Africa, Europe, and Central Eurasia. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic University of California: eScholarship Arctic
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climate
Bond event
historical ecology
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climate
Bond event
historical ecology
Hooper, Paul L.
Human social complexity was significantly lower during climate cooling events of the past 10 millennia
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climate
Bond event
historical ecology
description Human civilizations depend on the climate. Changes in climate affect the production of food and other resources that support populations and their economies. We asked whether the millennium-scale climate cooling events identified by Gerard Bond predicted social complexity in the Seshat cross-cultural database. The results show that social complexity was significantly lower during the coldest two centuries of Bond cooling events. Reductions in complexity are evident in regions north of the tropics adjacent to the Atlantic or Arctic, particularly in North Africa, Europe, and Central Eurasia.
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author Hooper, Paul L.
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title Human social complexity was significantly lower during climate cooling events of the past 10 millennia
title_short Human social complexity was significantly lower during climate cooling events of the past 10 millennia
title_full Human social complexity was significantly lower during climate cooling events of the past 10 millennia
title_fullStr Human social complexity was significantly lower during climate cooling events of the past 10 millennia
title_full_unstemmed Human social complexity was significantly lower during climate cooling events of the past 10 millennia
title_sort human social complexity was significantly lower during climate cooling events of the past 10 millennia
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