Adapting to Population Growth: The Evolutionary Alternative to Malthus

• Published in: Cliodynamics: The Journal of Quantitative History and Cultural Evolution
• Main Authors: Axel Kristinsson, Árni Daníel Júlíusson
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2016
• Subjects: Cultural evolution; History; Population growth; Malthus; Boserup; Farming; Göbekli Tepe; Tiwanaku; Iceland; Rapa Nui; History (General); D1-2009; Economic history and conditions; HC10-1085; Rapa
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.21237/C7clio7130171; https://doaj.org/article/4bd50942ea3f4b36b88f03607b534ef3

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...