When will more human geneticists see that Darwin's famous "family tree" sales pitch for natural selection isn't the right model for them? Even the so-called improved version on the right of (what I like to call) the "pitchfork model" of human evolution fails to capture what's behind human genetic diversity.

#HumanGenetics #anthropology #dynamicnetworks

An example of how easily relational thinking can reflex back to categorical thinking. Also shows how hard it is to imagine networks that aren't structures built around a single kind of tie/purpose.

I am becoming convinced the difference between categorical and relational thinking is as fundamental as the difference between Ptolemy and Copernicus: mistaking contingency for purpose, structure, and inherent interdependence.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/07/science/trees-fungi-talking.html

#networks #networkanalysis #dynamicnetworks

The new book on modeling the past using #dynamicnetworks (DYNA) has just gone into the page proof stage of production. Will be available in March at the annual meetings of the Society for American Archaeology. #archaeology #networkanalysis #HumanGenetics #anthropology #PacificIslands #EuropeanArchaeology #ContingencyAnalysis