Subsistence and the evolution of religion

Population size is positively associated with the presence of High Gods (p. 257).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Correlation	Supported	p<.001	rho = .387	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Population Size	Independent	Population
Presence Of High Gods	Dependent	Spirits And Gods

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Johnson, Dominic D.P.	2005	Societies in which high gods are more active and concerned with human morality will be larger (420).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Johnson, Dominic D.P.	2005	In a multiple regression model, presence of high gods will be positively associated with money and credit, credit source, community size, jurisdictional hierarchy beyond the local community, and sanctions (426).	Supported	6	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Roes, Frans L.	1995	Society size will be positively associated with a belief in high gods supportive of human morality (74).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Peoples, Hervey C.	2012	Stratification is positively associated with the presence of High Gods (p. 257).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Bentzen, Jeanet Sinding	2022	Higher irrigation potential is linked to the presence of moralizing high gods.	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author