A parasite‐driven wedge: infectious diseases may explain language and other biodiversity

Oikos Vol/Iss. 117(9) Blackwell Publishing Ltd Published In Pages: 1289-1297
By Fincher, Corey L., Thornhill, Randy

Hypothesis

Human parasitic disease richness will be positively associated with global linguistic diversity (1289).

Note

Partial correlation was conducted to account for potentially confounding effects of latitude, national GDP, population size, and land area.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Pearson's rSupportedp < 0.001r = 0.78UNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Linguistic diversityDependentLinguistic Identification
Parasite RichnessIndependentMorbidity