Behavioural variation in 172 small-scale societies indicates that social learning is the main mode of human adaptation
Proc. R. Soc. B • Vol/Iss. 282(1810) • The Royal Society • • Published In • Pages: ??•
By Mathew, Sarah, Perreault, Charles
Hypothesis
Cultural history will have a stronger effect on the probability of a trait being present than ecology (5).
Note
Cultural history was defined as pairwise distance in a language phylogeny and pairwise geographic distance.
| Test Name | Support | Significance | Coefficient | Tail |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| two sample Kolmogorov-Smirnoff test | Supported | p < 0.001 | UNKNOWN | Two-tailed |
| Variable Name | Variable Type | OCM Term(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Ecological Variables | Independent | Climate, Fauna, Flora, Topography And Geology |
| Behavioral Variables | Dependent | NONE |
| Cultural History | Independent | Linguistic Identification, Location |