Title |
Is the Spatial Distribution of Mankind's Most Basic Economic Traits Determined by Climate and Soil Alone?
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Published in |
PLOS ONE, May 2010
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DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0010416 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Jan Beck, Andrea Sieber |
Abstract |
Several authors, most prominently Jared Diamond (1997, Guns, Germs and Steel), have investigated biogeographic determinants of human history and civilization. The timing of the transition to an agricultural lifestyle, associated with steep population growth and consequent societal change, has been suggested to be affected by the availability of suitable organisms for domestication. These factors were shown to quantitatively explain some of the current global inequalities of economy and political power. Here, we advance this approach one step further by looking at climate and soil as sole determining factors. |
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Unknown | 2 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
Scientists | 1 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 6 | 4% |
Brazil | 3 | 2% |
United Kingdom | 3 | 2% |
Germany | 2 | 1% |
Kenya | 1 | <1% |
Australia | 1 | <1% |
Italy | 1 | <1% |
Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
Finland | 1 | <1% |
Other | 6 | 4% |
Unknown | 141 | 85% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Researcher | 43 | 26% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 29 | 17% |
Student > Master | 19 | 11% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 13 | 8% |
Other | 9 | 5% |
Other | 38 | 23% |
Unknown | 15 | 9% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 51 | 31% |
Environmental Science | 45 | 27% |
Social Sciences | 13 | 8% |
Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 9 | 5% |
Earth and Planetary Sciences | 7 | 4% |
Other | 19 | 11% |
Unknown | 22 | 13% |