Adapting to Population Growth: The Evolutionary Alternative to Malthus

• Published in: Cliodynamics: The Journal of Quantitative History and Cultural Evolution
• Main Authors: Kristinsson, Axel, Júlíusson, Árni Daníel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2016
• Subjects: Cultural evolution; History; Population growth; Malthus; Boserup; Farming; Göbekli Tepe; Tiwanaku; Iceland; Rapa Nui; Rapa
• Online Access: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/8xp4b5g3

A long-standing debate on the dynamics of population growth in human history has become polarized between a Malthusian stance and a Boserupian one. The former tends to view population growth as limited by carrying capacity, dependent on environment and technology, whereas the latter sees population...