Scars for war: evaluating alternative signaling explanations for cross-cultural variance in ritual costs

This article uses signaling theory and tests for a relationship between costly male rites and frequency of warfare.

Samples
Sample Used	Coded Data	Comment
Probability Sample Files (PSF)		PSF societies found in eHRAF

Hypotheses (11)
Hypothesis	Supported
Patrilocal societies will be less likely to have costly male rites.	Not Supported
Community size will be positively associated with costliness of male rites.	Not Supported
Importance of male cooperative resource acquisition will be positively associated with the costliness of male rites.	Not Supported
Intensity of food sharing will be positively associated with costliness of male rites	Not Supported
Socialization for cooperation will be positively associated with costliness of male rites.	Not Supported
Warfare frequency will be positively associtiated with costliness of male rites.	Supported
Costly male rates are positively associated with external warfare.	Supported
Societies with internal warfare will be positively associated only with nonpermanent markers.	Supported
Societies with external warfare will be positively associated with permament markers.	Supported
Polygyny is positively associated with costly male rites.	Not Supported
In polygynous societies, stratification is negatively associated with costly male rites.	Partially supported

Documents and Hypotheses Filed By: Kate Cummings emily.pitek