INDEPENDENT RESEARCH
Network Population Dynamics is a research framework by Ashleigh Davis that models human diversity as long-standing, interconnected population networks — an alternative to the standard branching “tree of life” account of human evolution.
Presented here as a hypothesis worth testing, not a settled finding. ORCID: 0009-0008-8819-8096
Originum is where this research lives: the framework, its methodology, and the ongoing path toward independent publication. Long-form essays and notebooks documenting the research process are published separately at the Originum Journal.
Human populations are modelled as stable, interconnected network communities that maintain distinct characteristics over long periods, rather than as a single branching lineage from one point of origin.
Computational models are tested without pre-loading traditional evolutionary assumptions, letting population-structure and trait-persistence patterns in the data speak for themselves.
The framework is published openly, with its reasoning and gaps visible, specifically so it can be tested, critiqued and corrected by people with deeper domain expertise.
Research methods used here originated in work on Ask Lindy, an AI-assisted thinking-methods application — asklindy.app ↗. Originum is a separate, independent research project.