Social Networks Fuel Growth in Both Ancient and Modern Cities (IMAGE)
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Modern cities reflect social networking processes that have been incorporated into human settlements throughout history. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Feb. 20, 2015, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by S.G. Ortman at University of Colorado, Boulder in Boulder, CO, and colleagues was titled, "Settlement scaling and increasing returns in an ancient society."
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Gabriel Garcia
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