Use of Surname Models in Human Population Biology: A Review of Recent Developments

Human Biology ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 75 (6) ◽  
pp. 785-807 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonia Colantonio ◽  
Gabriel Ward Lasker ◽  
Bernice A. Kaplan ◽  
Vicente Fuster
Keyword(s):  
Population Biology ◽  
Human Population ◽  
Recent Developments

Ethical Issues in Human Population Biology

2012 ◽  
Vol 53 (S5) ◽  
pp. S222-S232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trudy R. Turner
Keyword(s):  
Population Biology ◽  
Human Population ◽  
Ethical Issues

Human Population Biology: A Transdisciplinary Science.

Man ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 715
Author(s):  
C. G. N. Mascie-Taylor ◽  
Michael A. Little ◽  
Jere D. Haas
Keyword(s):  
Population Biology ◽  
Human Population ◽  
Transdisciplinary Science

scholarly journals Did pre-Columbian populations of the Amazonian biome reach carrying capacity during the Late Holocene?

2020 ◽  
Vol 376 (1816) ◽  
pp. 20190715 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Arroyo-Kalin ◽  
Philip Riris
Keyword(s):  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Human Population ◽  
Late Holocene ◽  
Amazon Basin ◽  
Population Change ◽  
Relative Population ◽  
Robust Model ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
European Colonization ◽  
Procurement Strategies

The increasingly better-known archaeological record of the Amazon basin, the Orinoco basin and the Guianas both questions the long-standing premise of a pristine tropical rainforest environment and also provides evidence for major biome-scale cultural and technological transitions prior to European colonization. Associated changes in pre-Columbian human population size and density, however, are poorly known and often estimated on the basis of unreliable assumptions and guesswork. Drawing on recent developments in the aggregate analysis of large radiocarbon databases, here we present and examine different proxies for relative population change between 1050 BC and AD 1500 within this broad region. By using a robust model testing approach, our analyses document that the growth of pre-Columbian human population over the 1700 years prior to European colonization adheres to a logistic model of demographic growth. This suggests that, at an aggregate level, these pre-Columbian populations had potentially reached carrying capacity (however high) before the onset of European colonization. Our analyses also demonstrate that this aggregate scenario shows considerable variability when projected geographically, highlighting significant gaps in archaeological knowledge yet also providing important insights into the resilience of past human food procurement strategies. By offering a new understanding of biome-wide pre-Columbian demographic trends based on empirical evidence, our analysis hopes to unfetter novel perspectives on demic expansions, language diversification trajectories and subsistence intensification processes in the Amazonian biome during the late Holocene. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Cross-disciplinary approaches to prehistoric demography’.

A Synopsis of Wildlife Conservation in Nigeria

1980 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 207-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy A. Afolayan
Keyword(s):  
Wildlife Management ◽  
Human Population ◽  
Wildlife Conservation ◽  
Population Expansion ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
Employment Opportunities ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Trained Manpower

Conservation and utilization of wildlife resources are not new among our local communities in Nigeria, although the present approach to the management of these resources is very recent. Modern technology, urbanization, and human population expansion, have caused the destruction of many indigenous animal and plant species in Nigeria.This paper highlights the recent developments in the overall conservation programme in Nigeria. It describes the important role which wildlife is playing in helping to feed the nation, in creating employment opportunities, in education, in research, in recreation, and in local medicine. Inadequacy of Nigerian wildlife legislation and of trained manpower to protect and manage the wildlife resources are among the crucial wildlife management problems identified in this paper. It is also stressed that the basic information for effective management is often lacking where Nigerian wildlife reserves are concerned.

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