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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2023

Gregory K. Dow  and
Clyde G. Reed
Gregory K. Dow
Affiliation:
Simon Fraser University, British Columbia
Clyde G. Reed
Affiliation:
Simon Fraser University, British Columbia

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Economic Prehistory
Six Transitions That Shaped The World
 , pp. xxiii - xxiv
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

Abbreviations

AHP

African humid period

AMHs

Anatomically modern humans

APL

Average product of labor

BP

Before present

BSR

Broad spectrum revolution

CE

Current era

IPCC

Intergovernmental panel on climate change

KYA

Thousand years ago

LGM

Last glacial maximum

LRE

Long-run equilibrium

MP

Middle Paleolithic

MPA

Monotone population adjustment

MPL

Marginal product of labor

NPP

Net primary productivity

PPNA

Pre-pottery Neolithic A

PPNB

Pre-pottery Neolithic B

SCCS

Standard cross-cultural sample

SRE

Short-run equilibrium

UP

Upper Paleolithic

VLRE

Very-long-run equilibrium

YD

Younger Dryas

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