caa a22 4500 445806443 CHVBK 20180317145157.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10745-011-9433-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10745-011-9433-8 Modeling Human Ecodynamics and Biocultural Interactions in the Late Pleistocene of Western Eurasia [Elektronische Daten] [C. Barton, Julien Riel-Salvatore, John Anderies, Gabriel Popescu] Given the complex and multidimensional nature of human evolution, we need to develop theoretical and methodological frameworks to account for and model the dynamic feedbacks between co-operational biological and cultural evolutionary systems to better understand the processes that produced modern human behavior. Equally important is the generation of explicit theory-based models that can be tested against the empirical paleoanthropological record. We present a case study that examines evidence for culturally-driven behavioral change among Late Pleistocene hominins that altered the social niche occupied by hominins in western Eurasia, with consequences for subsequent biological and cultural evolution. We draw on a large sample of 167 Pleistocene assemblages across western Eurasia and employ mathematical and computational modeling to explore the feedbacks between cultural and biological inheritance. Shifts in land-use strategies changed the opportunities for social and biological interaction among Late Pleistocene hominins in western Eurasia with a cascade of consequences for cultural and biological evolution, including the disappearance of Neanderthals from the fossil and archaeological records, and the acceleration of cultural evolution among ancestors of modern humans. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2011 Behavioral ecology nationallicence Modeling nationallicence Mobility nationallicence Land-use nationallicence Lithic technology nationallicence Eurasia nationallicence Pleistocene nationallicence Neanderthal nationallicence Agent-based simulation nationallicence Barton C. Centre for Social Dynamics & Complexity, Arizona State University, PO Box 872804, 85287-2402, Tempe, AZ, USA aut Riel-Salvatore Julien Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado Denver, Campus Box 103, P.O. Box 173364, 80217-3364, Denver, CO, USA aut Anderies John School of Human Evolution & Social Change, School of Sustainability, and Centre for the Study of Institutional Diversity, Arizona State University, PO Box 872402, 85287-2402, Tempe, AZ, USA aut Popescu Gabriel School of Human Evolution & Social Change, Arizona State University, PO Box 872402, 85287-2402, Tempe, AZ, USA aut Human Ecology Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 39/6(2011-12-01), 705-725 0300-7839 39:6<705 2011 39 10745 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-011-9433-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-011-9433-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Barton C. Centre for Social Dynamics & Complexity, Arizona State University, PO Box 872804, 85287-2402, Tempe, AZ, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Riel-Salvatore Julien Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado Denver, Campus Box 103, P.O. Box 173364, 80217-3364, Denver, CO, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Anderies John School of Human Evolution & Social Change, School of Sustainability, and Centre for the Study of Institutional Diversity, Arizona State University, PO Box 872402, 85287-2402, Tempe, AZ, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Popescu Gabriel School of Human Evolution & Social Change, Arizona State University, PO Box 872402, 85287-2402, Tempe, AZ, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Human Ecology Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 39/6(2011-12-01), 705-725 0300-7839 39:6<705 2011 39 10745 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer