More 'altruistic' punishment in larger societies

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences • Vol/Iss. 275 • Published In • Pages: 587-590 •
By Marlowe, Frank W., Berbesque, J. Colette, Barr, Abigail, Barrett, Clark, Bolyanatz, Alexander, Cardenas, Juan Camilo, Ensminger, Jean, Gurven, Michael, Gwako, Edwins, Henrich, Joseph, Henrich, Natalie, Lesorogol, Carolyn, McElreath, Richard L., Tracer, David

Hypothesis

Controlling for geographic region, local population size will be positively associated with level of third-party punishment (588).

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
multiple regressionSupportedp<.05UNKNOWNUNKNOWN