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Age-Area Theory is a theory created in 1922 by J.C. Willis that states that all things being equal, the more widespread a trait, the older it is.

Conception
Theorized in 1922 by J.C. Willis in an effort to expand upon Darwin's theory of evolution.

Reception
The theory never was accepted at large by the scientific community. The only area where this theory was implemented was in the field of Anthropology.

Potential applications

 * Track the spread of human culture, and ideas.


 * Track the spread of plant characteristics. Like in Edmund W. Sinnott's The 'Age and Area' Hypothesis and the Problem of Endemism.

Notable works

 * "Historical Inferences from Guttman Scales: The Return of Age-Area Magic?" co-authored by Theodore D. Graves, Nancy B. Graves and Michael J. Kobrin
 * "Foundations of the Age-Area Hypothesis" by Matthew J. Baker.