Statistical inference of prehistoric demography from frequency distributions of radiocarbon dates: a review and a guide for the perplexed

ER Crema - Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 2022 - Springer
The last decade saw a rapid increase in the number of studies where time–frequency
changes of radiocarbon dates have been used as a proxy for inferring past population …

[HTML][HTML] The demographic response to Holocene climate change in the Sahara

K Manning, A Timpson - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
The timing and development of Holocene human occupation in the now hyperarid Sahara
has major implications for understanding links between climate change, demography and …

Inference from large sets of radiocarbon dates: software and methods

ER Crema, A Bevan - Radiocarbon, 2021 - cambridge.org
The last decade has seen the development of a range of new statistical and computational
techniques for analysing large collections of radiocarbon (14C) dates, often but not …

Cultural group selection plays an essential role in explaining human cooperation: A sketch of the evidence

P Richerson, R Baldini, AV Bell, K Demps… - Behavioral and Brain …, 2016 - cambridge.org
Human cooperation is highly unusual. We live in large groups composed mostly of non-
relatives. Evolutionists have proposed a number of explanations for this pattern, including …

Ancient genomes indicate population replacement in Early Neolithic Britain

S Brace, Y Diekmann, TJ Booth, L van Dorp… - Nature ecology & …, 2019 - nature.com
The roles of migration, admixture and acculturation in the European transition to farming
have been debated for over 100 years. Genome-wide ancient DNA studies indicate …

Regional population collapse followed initial agriculture booms in mid-Holocene Europe

S Shennan, SS Downey, A Timpson… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Following its initial arrival in SE Europe 8,500 years ago agriculture spread throughout the
continent, changing food production and consumption patterns and increasing population …

Neolithic and Bronze Age migration to Ireland and establishment of the insular Atlantic genome

LM Cassidy, R Martiniano, EM Murphy… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - pnas.org
The Neolithic and Bronze Age transitions were profound cultural shifts catalyzed in parts of
Europe by migrations, first of early farmers from the Near East and then Bronze Age herders …

[HTML][HTML] Reconstructing regional population fluctuations in the European Neolithic using radiocarbon dates: a new case-study using an improved method

A Timpson, S Colledge, E Crema… - Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
In a previous study we presented a new method that used summed probability distributions
(SPD) of radiocarbon dates as a proxy for population levels, and Monte-Carlo simulation to …

[BOEK][B] First migrants: ancient migration in global perspective

P Bellwood - 2014 - books.google.com
The first publication to outline the complex global story of human migration and dispersal
throughout the whole of human prehistory. Utilizing archaeological, linguistic and biological …

Summed Probability Distribution of 14C Dates Suggests Regional Divergences in the Population Dynamics of the Jomon Period in Eastern Japan

ER Crema, J Habu, K Kobayashi, M Madella - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Recent advances in the use of summed probability distribution (SPD) of calibrated 14C
dates have opened new possibilities for studying prehistoric demography. The degree of …