Death symbolism in matrilineal societies

Matrilineal societies will be more likely to believe in a quality of afterlife unconditioned on individual’s behavior (160).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Fisher’s exact test	Partially supported	p<.10	`UNKNOWN`	Two-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Descent	Independent	Rules Of Descent
Quality Of Afterlife	Dependent	Eschatology

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Textor, Robert B.	1967	In societies that believe in an attractive afterlife, females will tend to have property rights (278, 432).	Marginally Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Peoples, Hervey C.	2016	Evolution of belief in an afterlife will be positively asociated with evolution of shaminism (272).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Peoples, Hervey C.	2016	Evolution of belief in an afterlife will be positively associated with evolution of ancestor worship (273).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Weiss-Krejci, Estella	2025	A society’s funerary textile practices accurately reflect its beliefs and symbolic framework surrounding death and the afterlife.	`UNKNOWN`	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Hendrix, Lewellyn	1997	Female solidarity is negatively associated with marital quality (214-5)	`UNKNOWN`	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author