Disguises and the Origins of Clothing

Attempts at disguise or concealment represent one possible origin of clothing.

Out of the 10 hunter-gatherer societies studies, 8 used clothing for some type of disguise.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Descriptive statistics	Support claimed	N/A	N/A	N/A

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Disguises	`UNKNOWN`	Special Garments

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Buckner, William	2021	Using clothing for modesty purposes represents one possible origin of clothing.	Support claimed	1	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Buckner, William	2021	Body armor represents one possible origin of clothing.	Support claimed	1	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Gilligan, Ian	2008	Degree of clothing use on the Australian continent will increase as latitude decreases due to an associated south-north increasing thermal trend.	`UNKNOWN`	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Whiting, John W.M.	1982	Certain clothing practices will be associated with the 10 degree isotherm.	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Murdock, George Peter	1973	A factor analysis of sex participation in subsistence activities yielded 2 especially significant factors. Factor 1, "processing of animal products", loaded heavily and positively on manufacture of leather products, preparation of skins, making of clothing (214)	Supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author