Evolution of Civilization

Civilization and the Evolution of Short-Sighted Agents

Are individuals within modern societies more short-sighted than in previous generations? If so, what are the plausible changes in the environment and composition of society that could yield such a result? The model begins by assuming the population consists of two types (phenotypes) of individuals, (shortsighted/aggressive and foresighted/docile). These phenotypes interact with each other. Thes...

A Dual-Processual Theory for the Evolution of Mesoamerican Civilization

The explanation of the development of ancient Mesoamerican civilization is in need of a new theoretical approach to replace the sterile debates between, for example, materialists and cognitivists or region-centered versus world-systems theorists. The foremost source of theoretical difficulty is that all of the arguments take place within the conceptual confines of a flawed neoevolutionism. Curr...

Savage numbers and the evolution of civilization in Victorian prehistory.

This paper identifies 'savage numbers'--number-like or number-replacing concepts and practices attributed to peoples viewed as civilizationally inferior--as a crucial and hitherto unrecognized body of evidence in the first two decades of the Victorian science of prehistory. It traces the changing and often ambivalent status of savage numbers in the period after the 1858-1859 'time revolution' i...

formation and evolution of regional organizations: the case study of the economic cooperation organization (eco)

abstract because of the many geopolitical, geo economical and geo strategically potentials and communicational capabilities of eco region, members can expand the convergence and the integration in base of this organization that have important impact on members development and expanding peace in international and regional level. based on quality analyzing of library findings and experts interv...

Destroying Civilization, Destroying Nature