Thinking Evolutionary Aesthetics Empirically: A Dissertation Exploring Empirical Approaches to Questions of Art, Aesthetics, and Evolution

Bringing a shared attention to the ritual arts will have an increase in promoting group cohesion and social bonds.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Spearman's Rank	Not Supported	p > 0.05	rho = -0.18	2 tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Ritual Art	Independent	Dance, Music, Organized Ceremonial, Ritual
Social cohesions/bonds	Dependent	Interpersonal Relations, Social Relationships And Groups

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Fullerton, Brady	2020	Intercommunity marriage will be negatively correlated with ritual art.	Not supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Fullerton, Brady	2020	Lower conflict between communities of the same society will be correlated with more ritual art.	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 internal warfare (between local communities within a unit of maximal political authority) will be negatively correlated with ritual art.	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