Reply to Thomas: Diffusion of military technologies is a plausible explanation for the evolution of social complexity, 1500 BCE–AD 1500

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Peter Turchin et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014.

. 2014 Jan 28;111(4):E415.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.1322988111.

No abstract available

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Does diffusion of horse-related military technologies explain spatiotemporal patterns of social complexity 1500 BCE-AD 1500?
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