Comments on Divale and Harris's 'population, warfare, and the male supremacist complex'

Infanticide is positively related to warfare

A re-tally of the Divale and Harris data does not support relationship

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Gamma	Not Supported	above .10	.37	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Infanticide	Dependent	Abortion And Infanticide
Warfare (present Or Time Before Present)	Independent	Ingroup Antagonisms, Instigation Of War, Warfare

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Divale, William Tulio	1976	Warfare will be positively associated with female infanticide (527).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Minturn, Leigh	1982	Infanticide occurs before the birth ceremony is performed (p. 72).	Supported	1	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Divale, William Tulio	1972	"Female infanticide and blood revenge warfare and feuding were both interrelated and effective in regulating population growth [in hunting and gathering bands as evidenced by sex ratios in young and adult populations]" (232)	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Minturn, Leigh	1982	The reasons for infanticide are similar to the reasons for abortion (p. 73).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Minturn, Leigh	1982	Birth ceremonies are more common in societies that customarily practice infanticide than in societies that do not (p. 72-3).	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author