Hunter-gatherer economic complexity and “population pressure”: A cross-cultural analysis

Population pressure will be positively associated with socioeconomic complexity in hunter-gatherer groups (376).

Population pressure is based on three measures of population density relative to environmental productivity.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Linear regression	Supported	p < .001	r = .873	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Population Pressure	Independent	Fauna, Flora, Location, Population, Production And Supply
Socioeconomic Complexity	Dependent	Classes, Medium Of Exchange, Preservation And Storage Of Food, Settlement Patterns

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Textor, Robert B.	1967	Hunter-gatherers tend to have lower social complexity (51,91).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Textor, Robert B.	1967	Hunter-gatherers tend to live in communities without a city or town and with less than 200 people (51, 81).	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Jackson, Joshua Conrad	2020	Population pressure will be positively associated with cultural tightness	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Abrahamson, Mark	1969	"Political complexity is directly related to the degree of social differentiation . . . demographic complexity . . . and socioeconomic development" (691, 692, 693)	Supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Lobo, José	2022	The exponent of the scaling relation between camp area and population size will vary between 1 and 2.	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author