Teaching is associated with the transmission of opaque culture and leadership across 23 egalitarian hunter-gatherer societies
Nature Communications • Vol/Iss. 16(3387) • Nature • • Published In • Pages: 1-14 •
By Garfield, Zachary H., Lew-Levy, Sheina
Hypothesis
Teaching is most likely to be carried out by adult community leaders, or other socially influential individuals.
Note
For a precise list of OCM terms used to assess the hypotheses, see Fig. 2 and Table 1 of the article.
| Test Name | Support | Significance | Coefficient | Tail |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayesian model with researcher-coded predictors | Supported | NA | NA | NA |
| Variable Name | Variable Type | OCM Term(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Mode of knowledge transmission (oblique vs vertical vs horizontal, etc.) | Association | Education, Transmission Of Beliefs, Transmission Of Cultural Norms, Transmission Of Skills |
| Process of knowledge transmission (Teaching vs observation, etc.) | Association | Community Structure, Education |
| Age of learner(s) | Association | Childhood Activities, Transmission Of Beliefs, Transmission Of Cultural Norms, Transmission Of Skills |
| Gender of learner(s) | Association | Gender Roles And Issues |