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J Archaeol Method Theory2026;33(1):8.January 1, 2026Journal Article
The Impact of Cooperation Under Climate Constraints: An Agent-Based Model for Exploring Paleolithic Behavioral Adaptations in the Inner Asian Mountain Corridor.
María Coto-Sarmiento1,2,3,4, Abay Namen5,2, Aristeidis Varis2,6,7, Radu Iovita2,8
1Social Resilience Lab, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
2Department of Geosciences, Early Prehistory and Quaternary Ecology Research Group, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
3HUMANE, Human Ecology and Archaeology Research Group, Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, Milà i Fontanals Institution for Research and Humanities, IMF-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain.
4Centre for Urban Network Evolutions, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
5Department of Sociology and Anthropology, School of Sciences and Humanities, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan.
6Department of Geosciences, Institute of Archaeological Sciences/Paleoanthropology Research Group, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
7Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
8Center for the Study of Human Origins, Department of Anthropology, New York University, New York, NY USA.
Abstract
UNLABELLED: Modern humans dispersed throughout the entire world during the Pleistocene, completing an important part of our evolutionary history. Central Asia, one of the most challenging territories to be colonized, is characterized by continental climate and stark geographic contrasts and therefore offers an ideal context for testing hypotheses about the role of human behavior in dispersals unde…
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