Behavioural variation in 172 small-scale societies indicates that social learning is the main mode of human adaptation

Proc. R. Soc. B • Vol/Iss. 282(1810) • The Royal Society • • Published In • Pages: ??•
By Mathew, Sarah, Perreault, Charles

Hypothesis

Cultural phylogeny will be a stronger predictor than ecology for a majority of traits, except for technology and material culture traits (5).

Note

Cultural phylogeny was defined as pairwise distance in a language phylogeny.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
UNKNOWNSupportedUNKNOWNUNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Linguistic distanceIndependentLinguistic Identification
Ecological VariablesIndependentClimate, Topography And Geology, Fauna, Flora
Behavioral VariablesDependentNONE