Cultural specialization as a double-edged sword: division into specialized guilds might promote cultural complexity at the cost of higher susceptibility to cultural loss

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B • Vol/Iss. 378 • The Royal Society Publishing • • Published In • Pages: 1-9 •
By Ben-Oren, Yotam, Kolodny, Oren, Creanza, Nicole

Hypothesis

Greater population sizes will predict a greater number of specializations.

Note

The natural log of the population size was used.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Phylogenetic generalized linear modelSupportedp<.01UNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Population SizeIndependentPopulation
Number of SpecializationsDependentOccupational Specialization