Rise and fall of political complexity in island South-East Asia and the Pacific

Nature Vol/Iss. 467(7317) Macmillan Published In Pages: 801-804
By Currie, Thomas E., Greenhill, Simon J. , Gray, Russell D. , Hasegawa, Toshikazu, Mace, Ruth

Hypothesis

Political evolution followed a rectilinear sequence of incremental steps in the direction of increasing complexity.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Phylogenetic modelNot SupportedUNKNOWNUNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Political ComplexityDependentTerritorial Hierarchy