Myths about hunter-gatherers

Gathering is the most important subsistence activity among hunter-gatherers (440).

Gathering was found to contribute to less than half the calories in 77 percent of societies sampled.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Comparison of percentages	Not Supported	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Calories Obtained From Each Subsistence Activity	`UNKNOWN`	Food Quest, Annual Cycle, Diet

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Berbesque, J. Colette	2014	Hunter-gatherers will experience more famine than those with other modes of subsistence (1).	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ember, Carol R.	1978	Among hunter-gatherers, women contribute more to subsistence than men (441).	Not Supported	1	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Berbesque, J. Colette	2014	Controlling for habitat quality, hunter-gatherers will experience more famine than agriculturalists (1).	Not Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Hames, Raymond	2019	Adult violence mortality is higher among horticulturalists compared to hunter-gatherers (164).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Bira, Temechegn G.	2023	Concerted transmission is more common in pastoralists than hunter-gatherers.	Not supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author