Climatic instability, food storage, and the development of numerical counting: a cross-cultural study

Societies that store significant amounts of food will have more elaborate counting systems (343).

Tested using both the Probability Sample Files and SCCS.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Spearman’s rank-order correlation	Supported	`UNKNOWN`	rho= .660	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Degree Of Food Storage	Independent	Preservation And Storage Of Food
Highest Number Counted	Dependent	Numeration

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Divale, William Tulio	1999	There will be a relationship between latitude and counting systems (343).	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Divale, William Tulio	1999	"The threat or presence of famine and starvation [will] be associated with the storage and preservation of food" (343).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Divale, William Tulio	1999	Variations in climate extremes will be associated with threat of famine and starvation (342).	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Kelly, Robert L.	2000	Food storage will be positively associated with frequency of warfare (69).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Kelly, Raymond C.	2000	Food storage will be positively related to frequency of warfare (69).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author