In this final unit, we review the key principles that form the basis for understanding human social organization and cultural evolution, recap lessons from each of the previous modeling units, and discuss more advanced topics, including analyzing agent-based models, mathematical proofs, and the relationship between models and empirical data.
This project was supported by Grant #61105 from the John Templeton Foundation to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (PIs: S. Gavrilets and P. J. Richerson) with assistance from the Center for the Dynamics of Social Complexity and the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
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