Symbolic or not-so-symbolic wounds: the behavioral ecology of human scarification

Scarification will be negatively associated with genital mutilation (157).

This hypothesis was supported in Africa, the Insular Pacific, and South America.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Kendall's tau	Partially supported	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Genital Mutilation	Association	Body Alterations
Scarification	Association	Body Alterations

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Wilson, Christopher G.	2008	Scarification will be associated with external warfare (154)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Šaffa, Gabriel	2022	Genital mutilation/cutting is associated with scarification.	Not supported	9	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ludvico, Lisa Rose	1995	Scarification will be positively associated with polygyny (159).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ludvico, Lisa Rose	1995	Male scarification will be positively associated with the presence of wound-opportunistic pathogens (161).	Partially supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ludvico, Lisa Rose	1995	Scarification will be positively associated with hardening procedures, which will be positively associated with pathogen stress (158).	Partially supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author