Hunter-gatherer economic complexity and “population pressure”: A cross-cultural analysis

Population pressure will be positively associated with socioeconomic complexity in hunter-gatherer groups (376).

Population pressure is based on three measures of population density relative to environmental productivity.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Linear regression	Supported	p < .001	r = .873	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Population Pressure	Independent	Fauna, Flora, Location, Population, Production And Supply
Socioeconomic Complexity	Dependent	Classes, Medium Of Exchange, Preservation And Storage Of Food, Settlement Patterns

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Textor, Robert B.	1967	Hunter-gatherers tend to have lower social complexity (51,91).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Textor, Robert B.	1967	Hunter-gatherers tend to live in communities without a city or town and with less than 200 people (51, 81).	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Lobo, José	2022	The exponent of the scaling relation between camp area and population size will vary between 1 and 2.	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Lobo, José	2022	The exponent of the scaling relation between camp area and population size will decrease as camp size increases.	Support Claimed	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Collard, Mark	2013	Technological complexity is positively associated with population size (1).	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author