Quantitative historical analysis uncovers a single dimension of complexity that structures global variation in human social organization

Peter Turchin, Thomas E. Currie, Harvey Whitehouse, Pieter François, Kevin Feeney, Daniel Mullins, Daniel Hoyer, Christina Collins, Stephanie Grohmann, Patrick Savage, Gavin Mendel-Gleason, Edward Turner, Agathe Dupeyron, Enrico Cioni, Jenny Reddish, Jill Levine, Greine Jordan, Eva Brandl, Alice Williams, Rudolf Cesaretti, Marta Krueger, Alessandro Ceccarelli, Joe Figliulo-Rosswurm, Po-Ju Tuan, Peter Peregrine, Arkadiusz Marciniak, Johannes Preiser-Kapeller, Nikolay Kradin, Andrey Korotayev, Alessio Palmisano, David Baker, Julye Bidmead, Peter Bol, David Christian, Connie Cook, Alan Covey, Gary Feinman, Árni Daníel Júlíusson, Axel Kristinsson, John Miksic, Ruth Mostern, Cameron Petrie, Peter Rudiak-Gould, Barend ter Haar, Vesna Wallace, Victor Mair, Liye Xie, John Baines, Elizabeth Bridges, Joseph Manning, Bruce Lockhart, Amy Bogaard, Charles Spencer

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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1708800115
Published: 2017-12-21
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@article{allodium:10.1073/pnas.1708800115,
  title = {Quantitative historical analysis uncovers a single dimension of complexity that structures global variation in human social organization},
  author = {Peter Turchin and Thomas E. Currie and Harvey Whitehouse and Pieter François and Kevin Feeney and Daniel Mullins and Daniel Hoyer and Christina Collins and Stephanie Grohmann and Patrick Savage and Gavin Mendel-Gleason and Edward Turner and Agathe Dupeyron and Enrico Cioni and Jenny Reddish and Jill Levine and Greine Jordan and Eva Brandl and Alice Williams and Rudolf Cesaretti and Marta Krueger and Alessandro Ceccarelli and Joe Figliulo-Rosswurm and Po-Ju Tuan and Peter Peregrine and Arkadiusz Marciniak and Johannes Preiser-Kapeller and Nikolay Kradin and Andrey Korotayev and Alessio Palmisano and David Baker and Julye Bidmead and Peter Bol and David Christian and Connie Cook and Alan Covey and Gary Feinman and Árni Daníel Júlíusson and Axel Kristinsson and John Miksic and Ruth Mostern and Cameron Petrie and Peter Rudiak-Gould and Barend ter Haar and Vesna Wallace and Victor Mair and Liye Xie and John Baines and Elizabeth Bridges and Joseph Manning and Bruce Lockhart and Amy Bogaard and Charles Spencer},
  year = {2017},
  journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences},
  doi = {10.1073/pnas.1708800115},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1708800115}
}

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TI  - Quantitative historical analysis uncovers a single dimension of complexity that structures global variation in human social organization
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AU  - Pieter François
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AU  - Daniel Mullins
AU  - Daniel Hoyer
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AU  - Stephanie Grohmann
AU  - Patrick Savage
AU  - Gavin Mendel-Gleason
AU  - Edward Turner
AU  - Agathe Dupeyron
AU  - Enrico Cioni
AU  - Jenny Reddish
AU  - Jill Levine
AU  - Greine Jordan
AU  - Eva Brandl
AU  - Alice Williams
AU  - Rudolf Cesaretti
AU  - Marta Krueger
AU  - Alessandro Ceccarelli
AU  - Joe Figliulo-Rosswurm
AU  - Po-Ju Tuan
AU  - Peter Peregrine
AU  - Arkadiusz Marciniak
AU  - Johannes Preiser-Kapeller
AU  - Nikolay Kradin
AU  - Andrey Korotayev
AU  - Alessio Palmisano
AU  - David Baker
AU  - Julye Bidmead
AU  - Peter Bol
AU  - David Christian
AU  - Connie Cook
AU  - Alan Covey
AU  - Gary Feinman
AU  - Árni Daníel Júlíusson
AU  - Axel Kristinsson
AU  - John Miksic
AU  - Ruth Mostern
AU  - Cameron Petrie
AU  - Peter Rudiak-Gould
AU  - Barend ter Haar
AU  - Vesna Wallace
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AU  - Liye Xie
AU  - John Baines
AU  - Elizabeth Bridges
AU  - Joseph Manning
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Turchin, P., Currie, T. E., Whitehouse, H., François, P., Feeney, K., Mullins, D., Hoyer, D., Collins, C., Grohmann, S., Savage, P., Mendel-Gleason, G., Turner, E., Dupeyron, A., Cioni, E., Reddish, J., Levine, J., Jordan, G., Brandl, E., Williams, A., Cesaretti, R., Krueger, M., Ceccarelli, A., Figliulo-Rosswurm, J., Tuan, P., Peregrine, P., Marciniak, A., Preiser-Kapeller, J., Kradin, N., Korotayev, A., Palmisano, A., Baker, D., Bidmead, J., Bol, P., Christian, D., Cook, C., Covey, A., Feinman, G., Júlíusson, Á. D., Kristinsson, A., Miksic, J., Mostern, R., Petrie, C., Rudiak-Gould, P., Haar, B. T., Wallace, V., Mair, V., Xie, L., Baines, J., Bridges, E., Manning, J., Lockhart, B., Bogaard, A., & Spencer, C. (2017). Quantitative historical analysis uncovers a single dimension of complexity that structures global variation in human social organization. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1708800115

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