Did Alcohol Facilitate the Evolution of Complex Societies?

Non-alcohol intoxicants will have a positive association with the presence of alcohol

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Bayesian Binary Regression	Supported	mean effect across posterior = 3.01	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Presence of Alcohol	Association	Alcoholic Beverages, Alcoholism And Drug Addiction
Non-Alcohol Intoxicants	Association	Recreational And Non-therapeutic Drugs, Tobacco Industry

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Hrnčíř, Václav	2025	The presence of non-alcohol intoxicants will not detract from the relationship between alcohol and political complexity	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Hrnčíř, Václav	2025	Non-alcohol intoxicants will have a possitive association with political complexity	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Hrnčíř, Václav	2025	Environmental productivity will be positively associated with alcohol and agriculture intensity	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Hrnčíř, Václav	2025	Alcohol will be positively associated with levels of political complexity, after considering the effect of agriculture	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Blum, Richard H.	1969	"When there is presence of hierarchy of jurisdiction, then: [moderate use of alcohol occurs rather than high or excessive use; group use of hallucinogens occurs rather than personal use; and moderate or no use of cannabis occurs]" (166)	Supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author