Because of concerns that ongoing climate change could lead to a possible collapse of
human civilization, the topic of societal (civilization) collapse has emerged as especially …

What propelled the human 'revolutions' that started the Anthropocene? and what could
speed humanity out of trouble? Here, we focus on the role of reinforcing feedback cycles …

We propose that the global environmental crises of the Anthropocene are the outcome of a
ratcheting process in long-term human evolution which has favoured groups of increased …

“Peter Turchin brings science to history. Some like it and some prefer their history plain. But
everyone needs to pay attention to the well-informed, convincing and terrifying analysis in …

Music is a universal yet diverse cultural trait transmitted between generations. The extent to
which global musical diversity traces cultural and demographic history, however, is …

The annual global amount of water consumed to produce food ranges from 600,000 to 2.5
million liters per capita depending on food habits and food waste generation. Humans need …

The growing interconnections among societies have facilitated the emergence of systemic
crises, ie, shocks that rapidly spread around the world and cause major disruptions …

Why do people assume that a generous person should also be honest? Why do we even
use words like “moral” and “immoral”? We explore these questions with a new model of how …

Akaev et al. outline their methodological approach to mathematical modeling of social self-
organization and historical dynamics, which is used in the study of processes occurring in …

Cultural evolution applies evolutionary concepts and tools to explain the change of culture
over time. Despite advances in both theoretical and empirical methods, the connections …