Journal
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Volume 376, Issue 1816, Pages -Publisher
ROYAL SOC
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0720
Keywords
prehistoric demography; uniformitarianism; population dynamics; life history; archaic hominins
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- Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship [ECF-2016-128]
- Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research [9862]
- AHRC [AH/H003037/1]
- AHRC [AH/H003037/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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The principle of demographic uniformitarianism is the basis of research in prehistoric demography, suggesting continuity in human demographic processes between past and present. This principle provides a cross-disciplinary foundation for the reconstruction and analysis of ancient populations.
A principle of demographic uniformitarianism underpins all research into prehistoric demography (palaeodemography). This principle-which argues for continuity in the evolved mechanisms underlying modern human demographic processes and their response to environmental stimuli between past and present-provides the cross-disciplinary basis for palaeodemographic reconstruction and analysis. Prompted by the recent growth and interest in the field of prehistoric demography, this paper reviews the principle of demographic uniformitarianism, evaluates how it relates to two key debates in palaeodemographic research and seeks to delimit its range of applicability to past human and hominin populations. This article is part of the theme issue 'Cross-disciplinary approaches to prehistoric demography'.
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