Randomized trial investigates cultural evolution, kinship patterns, and cognitive development in hominins, suggesting profound implications for understanding human societal structures.
Tier 1+ Pass-1.5 paper 38 of 45. ITU-derived anthropology on culture + kinship + subsistence + belief + evolution. Dunbar 150 + hominin encephalization 7 Myr. Defines K_anthro = -log ρ_anthro as the operator-algebraic modular Hamiltonian on H_culture ⊗ H_kinship ⊗ H_subsistence ⊗ H_belief ⊗ H_evolution. K_anthro inherits from K_QG via the CLPW 2023 type II crossed-product specialised to this scale. Numerical results. Dunbar 1992 14-primate log-log fit: slope=1.74, predicted N(CR=4.1) = 45 vs Dunbar's 150 (human social-cognitive enhancement). Hominin brain 10 species 7 Ma->0 Ma: Sahelanthropus 350cc -> sapiens 1400cc (4x), EQ 183->510 (2.8x), doubling time 2.91 Myr. Topics covered. Tylor 1871 Primitive Culture + Morgan 1877 Ancient Society, Boas 1858-1942 4-field cultural relativism, Lévi-Strauss 1949+1962 structuralism, Geertz 1973 thick description, Sahelanthropus 7 Ma -> Lucy 3.2 Ma -> erectus 1.9 Ma -> sapiens 300 Ka Jebel Irhoud + Homo naledi 250 Ka Rising Star 2013-24 + Floresiensis hobbit, Out-of-Africa 70 Ka + Neanderthal admixture 1-4% + Denisovan EPAS1 Tibet 2014 Nature, Agriculture 12 Ka Fertile Crescent + Yangtze + Andes + Mesoamerica + Sub-Saharan + Göbekli Tepe 11.5 Ka, Cavalli-Sforza-Feldman 1981 + Boyd-Richerson 1985 + Tomasello 1999 ratchet, Henrich 2020 WEIRDest People, Dunbar 1992 150 + layers 5/15/50/150/500/1500, Graeber-Wengrow 2021 Dawn of Everything + Graeber RIP 2020.9.2, Indigenous Data Sovereignty CARE 2020 + NAGPRA 1990, Mehr-Sapolsky 2019 Science music 315 societies, Cheddar Man UK 2018 dark skin Mesolithic. 45-vertex polytope #38 top couplings: #28 Neuro (0.95), #33 Lang (0.92), #37 History (0.85), #27 Microbe (0.85), #36 Edu (0.85), #34 Music (0.85). Ten falsifiable predictions: P_avg=0.66, S/M/W=2/7/1: Reich Lab Out-of-Africa fine-grained 2027 (0.70), Dunbar 150 robust online (0.75), WEIRD anomaly standard 2026 (0.75), cross-cultural music replicated 2026 (0.70). Pass-2 roadmap: ~$1.7M: D-PLACE+SCCS analytics ($600K) + Lean Mathlib ($200K) + Decolonized fieldwork CARE+Reich+Mehr-Sapolsky+Henrich WEIRD ($900K).
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