Exploring the thrifty genotype's food-shortage assumptions: a cross-cultural comparison of ethnographic accounts of food security among foraging and agricultural societies

There is no difference in food availability between foragers and agriculturalists (121).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Mann-Whitney U-Test	Supported	p<.05	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Food Availability	Dependent	Production And Supply
Subsistence Type	Independent	Food Quest, Agriculture

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Textor, Robert B.	1967	In societies where with insecure food supply and frequent or annual food shortages, polygynous marriage will be less common or occasional (249, 48).	Marginally Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Low, Bobbi S.	1988	Unpredictability in climatic variables, particularly rainfall, will influence primary productivity, presence of herbivores, and availability of food (238).	Supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Gray, J. Patrick	1980	Protein availability will be associated with sexual dimorphism of stature (453).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Broude, Gwen J.	1990	Father's avaiability and sex of parent responsible for daily socialization will be positively associated with socialization for aggression (115)	`UNKNOWN`	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Child, Irvin L.	1965	"Societies without evidence of a sex difference [in drinking] tend to be higher inavailability of alcoholic beverages" (58)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author