Peter Turchin

Professor of Anthropology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Mathematics, University of Connecticut

The horse bit and bridle kicked off ancient empires — a new giant dataset tracks the societal factors that drove military technology

Science & Technology

The horse bit and bridle kicked off ancient empires — a new giant dataset tracks the societal factors that drove military technology

21 Oct 2021

6 min read

Big gods came after the rise of civilisations, not before, finds study using huge historical database

Big gods came after the rise of civilisations, not before, finds study using huge historical database

Harvey Whitehouse

25 Mar 2019

5 min read