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December 22, 2017

Scientific Historians Find Common Pathway in Complex Social Formations Shared by Every Region around the Globe

Understanding how we got to our modern world is the critical first step in showing us where we are heading; a new article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences offers new answers to these critical questions, taking a systematic, scientific look at how complex societies from around the world have developed over the last 10,000 years.

February 2, 2016

Review of "Ultrasociety: How 10,000 Years of War Made Humans the Greatest Cooperators on Earth"

Professor Turchin’s new book Ultrasociety identifies the causal mechanisms hidden in the twists and turns of human civilisation by quantifying the rise and fall of empires.