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 effects of cultural phylogeny will tend to decline over time (5).

Note

Cultural phylogeny was defined as pairwise distance in a language phylogeny. More recent divergences in cultural phylogeny shows a larger effect size than more distant divergences.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
UNKNOWNSupportedUNKNOWNUNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Linguistic distanceIndependentLinguistic Identification
Ecological VariablesIndependentClimate, Topography And Geology, Fauna, Flora
Behavioral VariablesDependentNONE