Advances in Methods and Data Reveal the Broad Patterns of Cultural Evolution (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology

Advances in Methods and Data Reveal the Broad Patterns of Cultural Evolution

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Powerful new phylogenetic comparative methods can be applied to D-Place, a massive open-access database of places, language, culture and environment, and other databases in order to reconstruct the history of cultures and test theories about major transitions in human history. The map here shows the global distribution of independent vs. extended family living.

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Map taken from https://d-place.org

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