Future changes in sea-level are projected to have significant environmental and social
impacts, but we have limited understanding of comparable rates of change in the past. Using …

Much of paleodemography, an interdisciplinary field with strong ties to archaeology, among
other disciplines, is oriented toward clarifying the life experiences of past people and why …

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 …

As the last habitable continent colonized by humans, the site of multiple domestication
hotspots, and the location of the largest Pleistocene megafaunal extinction, South America is …

Agriculture—specifically an intensification of the production of readily stored food and its
distribution—has supported an increase in the global human population throughout the …

The human population has grown significantly since the onset of the Holocene about 12,000
y ago. Despite decades of research, the factors determining prehistoric population growth …

Raw counts of archaeological sites, estimates of changing settlement size and summed
radiocarbon probability distributions have all become popular ways to investigate long-term …

Summed probability distributions of radiocarbon dates are an increasingly popular means
by which to reconstruct prehistoric population dynamics, enabling more thorough cross …

The Neolithic demographic transition remains a paradox, because it is associated with both
higher rates of population growth and increased morbidity and mortality rates. Here we …

The consequences of climate change vary over space and time. Effective studies of human
responses to climatically induced environmental change must therefore sample the …