'Beauty magic': Deceptive sexual signalling and the evolution of ritual

Female ritual costs will be positively associated with population density (276).

The relationship between male ritual costs and population density is not significant (tau = 0.278).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Kendall's Tau	Supported	p < 0.05	tau = 0.383	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Population Density	Independent	Population
Ritual Costliness	Dependent	Ritual

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Reeves, Edward B.	1992	Population density, political hierarchy, economic division of labor, and monetary exchange will be positively associated with the universalization of ritual (118).	Supported	5	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Reeves, Edward B.	1989	The occurrence of different ritual types will be associated with social density (227, 231).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Reeves, Edward B.	1989	Ritual elaboration will be positively associated with social density (227, 231).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Bolton, Ralph	1973	Population density will be positively associated with high homicide rates (329)	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Kelly, Robert L.	2000	Population density will be positively associated with warfare frequency (71).	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author