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
The effect of cultural history will be largely driven by cultural phylogeny, not spatial distance (5).
Note
Cultural history was defined as pairwise distance in a language phylogeny and pairwise geographic distance. The effect of cultural phylogeny by itself is similar to that of ecology.
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| Behavioral Variables | Dependent | NONE |
| Cultural History (Geographic Distance) | Independent | Location |
| Cultural History (Linguistic Distance) | Independent | Linguistic Identification |