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 …

Estimating past population dynamics has become a major research topic for archaeology,
which uses several proxies for studying past demography. The Czech Republic represents a …

A fundamental task of archaeology is to address challenging scientific questions related to
the complexity of human societies. If we are to systematically understand the processes that …

The expansion of agriculture is responsible for the mass conversion of biologically diverse
natural environments into managed agroecosystems dominated by a handful of genetically …

Large scale databases are critical for hel** scientists decipher long-term patterns in
human evolution. This paper describes the conception and development of such a research …

Abrupt and rapid changes in human societies are among the most exciting population
phenomena. Human populations tend to show rapid expansions from low to high population …

Over the last 12,000 y, human populations have expanded and transformed critical earth
systems. Yet, a key unresolved question in the environmental and social sciences remains …

The overall trajectory for the human–environment interaction has been punctuated by
demographic boom-and-bust cycles, phases of growth/overshooting as well as of …

Human population dynamics and their drivers are not well understood, especially over the
long term and on large scales. Here, we estimate demographic growth trajectories from 9 to …

The accelerating pace of emerging zoonotic diseases in the twenty-first century has
motivated cross-disciplinary collaboration on One Health approaches, combining …