Disguises and the Origins of Clothing

Using clothing for modesty purposes represents one possible origin of clothing.

Out of the 10 hunter-gatherer societies studies, 9 used clothing for modesty purposes, including 5 out of 6 warm-weather societies.

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)
Modesty Clothing	`UNKNOWN`	Normal Garb

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Buckner, William	2021	Attempts at disguise or concealment represent 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
Barry III, Herbert	1972	"Societies with games of chance tend to have an earlier age for modesty training" (306)	Supported	2	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