Does Art Bring Us Together? An Empirical Approach to the Evolutionary Aesthetics of Ellen Dissanayake

Frequency of internal warfare (between local communities within a unit of maximal political authority) will be negatively correlated with ritual art.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Spearman's rho	Supported	p<0.05	-0.307	Two-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Frequency Of Internal Warfare	Dependent	Ingroup Antagonisms, Instigation Of War, Warfare
Ritual Art	Independent	Dance, Music, Organized Ceremonial, Ritual

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Fullerton, Brady	2020	Frequency of internal warfare involving non-territorially organized groups with a unit of maximal political authority will be positively correlated with ritual art.	Not supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Fullerton, Brady	2020	Lower frequency of internal war will be correlated with more ritual art.	Not supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Fullerton, Brady	2020	Frequency of violent conflict between groups within local communities will be negatively correlated with ritual art.	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Sosis, Richard	2007	Societies with internal warfare will be positively associated only with nonpermanent markers.	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Hendrix, Lewellyn	1996	Sanctions regarding illegitimacy are positively associated with frequency of internal warfare (95).	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author