Posts Tagged ‘Papers’

The Evolution of Multiple Agricultures and their Cultural Dispersals — A Descent-Based Approach to the Study of Agricultural Origins and Dispersals

This paper was written as a thesis submitted to the University of Queensland’s School of Social Sciences in partial fulfillment of the requirements of a Bachelor of Anthropology Honours Degree. It describes how a proper understanding of cultural evolution dispels many current confusions over the origins of agriculture. Chris is pursuing a doctoral degree in [...]

Human Carrying Capacity is Determined by Food Availability

Human Carrying Capacity is Determined by Food Availability
Russell Hopfenberg
Population and Environment, November 2003

Human Population Numbers as a Function of Food Supply

Human Population Numbers as a Function of Food Supply
Russell Hopfenberg & David Pimentel
Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2001, Issue 1

The Tightening Conflict: Population, Energy Use, and the Ecology of Agriculture

The Tightening Conflict: Population, Energy Use, and the Ecology of Agriculture
Mario Giampietro and David Pimentel
Negative Population Growth, October 1993

Queen Control, Worker Policing, Anarchy and Law in Honeybee Society (Apis Mellifera)

This paper was written during Chris’ undergraduate studies at the University of Queensland.
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Why Are the Punan ‘Complex’?

This paper was written during Chris’ undergraduate studies at the University of Queensland.
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Eukaryogenesis: The Beginning of Life as We Know It

This paper was written during Chris’ undergraduate studies at the University of Queensland.
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Cooperation: Embracing Our Heritage

This paper was written for the Deming Scholar / MBA in Management Systems program at Fordham University.
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The Unsustainability and Origins of Socioeconomic Increase

This paper was written as a masters thesis for the City University of New York Graduate Center’s Master of Arts in Liberal Studies program. It describes the unsustainable nature of our civilization and suggests ways to achieve sustainability. It won the Liberal Studies department’s first Annual Thesis Prize for best departmental thesis. William Kornblum served [...]

World Bank 2000 and the Unsustainability of Economic Growth

This paper was delivered as part of a panel discussion, “The World Bank Millennium Report: A Recipe for More Inequality,” organized by Michael L. Blim, chaired by Jarrett Zigon, and given during the 99th American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco Hilton & Towers, San Francisco, CA, November 15-19, 2000. It is substantially an abridged [...]