TY - T1 - Lessons for human survival in a world without ecological templates : what can we learn from small-scale societies? SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/333348 T3 - A1 - Kaaronen, Roope Oskari; Manninen, Mikael A.; Roe, Emery Martin; Hukkinen, Janne; Eronen, Jussi T. A2 - PB - Y1 - 2021 LA - eng AB - Historical records are incomplete templates for preparing for an uncertain future. The global utility of past ecological knowledge for present/future purposes is questioned as we move from Holocene to Anthropocene. To increase the adaptive capacity of today’s societies, generalizable strategies must be identified for coping with uncertainty over a wide range of conditions and contingencies. We identify two key principles that increase adaptive capacities: diversification and precautionary heuris... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - 1181 Ecology, evolutionary biology; 615 History and Archaeology; 5143 Social and cultural anthropology; 1172 Environmental sciences; 5202 Economic and Social History; 5203 Global Development Studies; adaptation; Anthropocene; climate change; cultural evolution; diversification; environmental change; high reliability management; precautionary principle; risk; MANAGEMENT; DIVERSIFICATION; CONSERVATION; DIVERSITY; EVOLUTION; CLIMATE; CONVERGENCE; RELIABILITY; ADAPTATIONS; RESILIENCE N1 - PP - ER -