Warless and warlike hunter-gatherers: a comparison

Warless Societies and the Origin of War • The University of Michigan Press • Ann Arbor, MI • Published In 2000 • Pages: 41-73 •

By Kelly, Robert L.

Hypothesis

Food storage will be positively associated with frequency of warfare (69).

Note

Frequency distributions are given.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
No Formal Test	Supported	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Food Storage	Independent	Preservation And Storage Of Food
Frequency Of Warfare	Dependent	Ingroup Antagonisms, Instigation Of War

Related Hypotheses

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Kelly, Raymond C.	2000	Food storage will be positively related to frequency of warfare (69).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Borinskaya, S. A.	2015	The frequency of G6PD deficiency is positively associated with the level of development of food storage technologies (403).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ember, Melvin	1982	Cross-culturally, societies with more frequent warfare will be more likely to have more severe food shortages (648).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Divale, William Tulio	1999	"The threat or presence of famine and starvation [will] be associated with the storage and preservation of food" (343).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ember, Carol R.	1997	When included in a model testing the relationship between frequency of warfare, natrual disasters, and socialization for mistrust, food producing will be a significant predictor of frequency of warfare (11).	Not Supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author