Beyond war: the human potential for peace

Complex and equestrian hunter-gatherers will make war while a majority of simple hunter-gatherers will not (78).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Fisher’s exact test	Supported	p<.001	`UNKNOWN`	One-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Hunter-gatherers	Independent	Collecting, Hunting And Trapping
Warfare	Dependent	Ingroup Antagonisms, Instigation Of War

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Fry, Douglas P.	2006	Complex and equestrian hunter-gatherers will make war, most simple hunter-gatherers will not (104).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Fry, Douglas P.	2007	Societal complexity among hunter gatherers will be positively associated with the presence of warfare (78).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ember, Carol R.	1978	Hunter-gatherers are typically bilocal (440).	Not Supported	1	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ember, Carol R.	1978	Most hunter-gatherers are peaceful (443).	Not Supported	1	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Bowles, Samuel	2009	High mortality rates in war will predict the evolution of human social behavior towards altruism	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author