A Complex Systems Approach to Human Cultural Evolution

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dc.contributor.authorAllen, James
dc.contributor.departmentChalmers tekniska högskola / Institutionen för energi och miljösv
dc.contributor.departmentChalmers University of Technology / Department of Energy and Environmenten
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-03T13:11:16Z
dc.date.available2019-07-03T13:11:16Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThis thesis will use two abstract computational models to investigate a number of outstanding questions related to human cultural evolution. Using simulations explanations for a number of phenomena within the archaeological record will be put forward. These will include the discontinuous cultural evolution patterns, the broadening of human diet and the extinction of the Neanderthals. The central theme throughout these findings is that it is the delity of transfer, and by extension the increase in complexity of early hominid culture, that constrains the subsistence strategies used within the Palaeolithic era, whilst the form of the resources dictates the form that these strategies will take. Key to these dynamics is the territorial competition between groups, with a more diverse strategy leading to more efficient groups that can encroach on the less efficient, reducing the carrying capacity and causing the population to move below the minimum group size allowed, thereby becoming extinct.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12380/179192
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofseriesRapportserie för Avdelningen för fysisk resursteori : 2013:8
dc.setspec.uppsokLifeEarthScience
dc.subjectBiologiska vetenskaper
dc.subjectEvolutionsbiologi
dc.subjectLivsvetenskaper
dc.subjectHistoria och arkeologi
dc.subjectKulturantropologi
dc.subjectBiological Sciences
dc.subjectEvolutionary Biology
dc.subjectLife Science
dc.subjectHistory and Archaeology
dc.subjectCultural anthropology
dc.titleA Complex Systems Approach to Human Cultural Evolution
dc.type.degreeExamensarbete för masterexamensv
dc.type.degreeMaster Thesisen
dc.type.uppsokH
local.programmeComplex adaptive systems (MPCAS), MSc
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