Is the siesta an adaption to disease? A cross-cultural examination

Siestas are more likely to be present in cultures in tropical climates with high mean diurnal temperatures and high annual rainfall (239).

Significance values were not given.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Chi square	Not Supported	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Average Annual Rainfall	Independent	Climate
Average Diurnal High Tempurature	Independent	Climate
Average Diurnal Low Tempurature	Independent	Climate
Presence/ Absense Of Siestas	Dependent	Sleeping

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Dow, Gregory K.	2016	Rate of exogamy will be negatively associated with community size. (1807)	Supported	10	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Dow, Gregory K.	2016	Rate of exogamy will be positively associated with disparities in productivity between the two residence sites. (1807)	Supported	12	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Landauer, Thomas K.	1981	Controlling for genetics, climate, and nutrition, infant stress will be significantly related to adult male height (361).	Supported	5	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Currie, Thomas E.	2012	Association between geographic language area and various environmental variables will be stronger among pastoralists and foragers than among agriculturalists (7).	Supported	6	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Read, Dwight	2008	The frequency of hunter-gatherer movement is associated with implement elaborateness.	Supported (12 out of 16)	6	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author