Infant and child death in the human environment of evolutionary adaptation

Agriculturalist populations will have lower infant and child mortality rates than hunter-gatherer populations.

These rates are also significantly lower than that of historical populations.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
t-test	Supported	p < 0.01	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Volk, Anthony A.	2013	Infant and child mortality rates will be higher among contemporary hunter-gatherer populations than in western, industrialized populations.	Supported; no formal test	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Volk, Anthony A.	2013	The estimated Environment of Evolutionary Adaptedness (EEA) infant and child mortality rate will be greater than the mortality rates in modern Western cultures.	Supported; no formal test	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Marlowe, Frank W.	2001	Male contribution to subsistence will be negatively associated with infant mortality, juvenile mortality, and post-infant juvenile mortality (756-7).	Not Supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Sear, Rebecca	2008	The death of the mother will be strongly associated with higher child mortality (5).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Sear, Rebecca	2008	The presence of grandmothers will predict lower child mortality rates (10).	Some support	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author