Thomas E. Currie

Statistical universals reveal the structures and functions of human music

Patrick E. Savage, Steven Brown, Emi Sakai et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2015 · 635 citations

Music, Statistical Universals, Universal Language +10

Does horizontal transmission invalidate cultural phylogenies?

Simon J. Greenhill, Thomas E. Currie, Russell D. Gray · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2009 · 436 citations · Full text

Phylogenetics, Molecular Ecology, Natural Sciences +11

Broad supernatural punishment but not moralizing high gods precede the evolution of political complexity in Austronesia

Joseph Watts, Simon J. Greenhill, Quentin D. Atkinson et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2015 · 359 citations · Full text

Broad Supernatural Punishment, Supernatural Belief Presents, Bayesian Phylogenetic Approach +9

War, space, and the evolution of Old World complex societies

Peter Turchin, Thomas E. Currie, Edward Turner et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2013 · 339 citations · Full text

Quantitative historical analysis uncovers a single dimension of complexity that structures global variation in human social organization

Peter Turchin, Thomas E. Currie, Harvey Whitehouse et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2017 · 278 citations · Full text

Social Theory, Social Change, Social Structures +17