Ancestral Characteristics of Modern Populations

We construct a database, with global coverage, that provides measures of the cultural and environmental characteristics of the pre-industrial ancestors of the world's current populations. In this paper, we describe the construction of the database, including the underlying data, the procedure t...

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Published inEconomic history of developing regions Vol. 33; no. 1; pp. 1 - 17
Main Authors Giuliano, Paola, Nunn, Nathan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Matieland Routledge 02.01.2018
Taylor & Francis
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Cultural heritage
Cultural traits
Environmental aspects
Environmental conditions
Historical analysis
Historical development
Persistence
Political institutions
Political systems
Population
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Summary:We construct a database, with global coverage, that provides measures of the cultural and environmental characteristics of the pre-industrial ancestors of the world's current populations. In this paper, we describe the construction of the database, including the underlying data, the procedure to produce the estimates, and the structure of the final data. We then provide illustrations of some of the variation in the data and provide an illustration of how the data can be used.
ISSN:2078-0389
2078-0389
2078-0397
DOI:10.1080/20780389.2018.1435267