Reconstructing prehistoric demography: What role for extant hunter‐gatherers?

摘要: Demography is central to biological, behavioral, and cultural evolution. Knowledge of the demography prehistoric populations both Homo sapiens earlier members genus is, therefore, key study human Unfortunately, demographic processes (fertility, mortality, migration) leave little mark on archeological paleoanthropological records. One common solution this issue application data from extant hunter-gatherers prehistory. With aim strengthening line enquiry, here we outline some pitfalls their interpretative implications. In doing so, provide recommendations about hunter-gatherer trends throughout We use published show that it diversity seen among hunter-gatherers-both intra- inter-population variability-that most relevant useful for understanding past demography.