Symbolic or not-so-symbolic wounds: the behavioral ecology of human scarification

Male scarification will be positively associated with the presence of wound-opportunistic pathogens (161).

This hypothesis was only supported in North America, likely due to low pathogen pressure in that region.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Kendall's tau	Partially supported	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Scarification	Dependent	Body Alterations
Wound-opportunistic Pathogens	Independent	Morbidity

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Ludvico, Lisa Rose	1995	Scarification will be negatively associated with genital mutilation (157).	Partially supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ludvico, Lisa Rose	1995	Scarification will be positively associated with polygyny (159).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ludvico, Lisa Rose	1995	Scarification will be positively associated with hardening procedures, which will be positively associated with pathogen stress (158).	Partially supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Wilson, Christopher G.	2008	Scarification will be associated with external warfare (154)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Singh, Devendra	1997	"As pathogen severity increases, so should permanenent marking of body areas that are attended to for evaluating attractiveness and mate quality" (403).	Partially supported	6	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author