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SOE: Fachverband Physik sozio-ökonomischer Systeme

SOE 8: Semantic Networks, Language and Culture

SOE 8.4: Talk

Tuesday, March 28, 2023, 14:45–15:00, ZEU 260

The Characteristic Time Scale of Cultural Evolution — •Tobias Wand — Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Theoretische Physik — Center for Nonlinear Sciences Münster

Cliodynamics is a field of research that models human societies as dynamical systems, treating the study of history as a scientific discipline. Previous research on the Seshat databank has revealed one dominant principle component as an indicator of social complexity across diverse geographies and time periods. Our research expands on these findings, showing that there is a typical growth phase in social complexity that can be modelled with a universal functional form for all geographic areas included in the databank. Our findings reveal a characteristic time scale of rapid growth and can serve as a baseline to detect outliers.