Pathways to social inequality

Evolutionary Human Sciences • Vol/Iss. 3(e35) • Cambridge University Press • Cambridge • Published In • Pages: 1-14 •
By Haynie, Hannah J., Kavanaugh, Patrick H., Jordan, Fiona M. , Ember, Carol R. , Gray, Russell D. , Greenhill, Simon J. , Kirby, Kathryn R. , Kushnick, Geoff , Low, Bobbi S., Tuff, Ty, Vilela, Bruno, Botero, Carlos A. , Gavin, Michael C.

Hypothesis

Environmental conditions will be associated with the development of social inequality.

Note

Three measures were used for environmental conditions, all of which had significant indirect effects on the development of social inequality: environmental productivity (indirect effect size=-0.028), predictable and seasonal environment (indirect effect size=-0.624), and slope and elevation (indirect effect size=0.105). The effect of the environmental variables was largely through their paths predicting large domesticated animals (slope and elevation positively, the others negatively).

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Path diagramsSupportedp<0.05See noteUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Class DependentClasses
Environmental productivityIndependentClimate, Land Use
Predictable and SeasonalIndependentClimate, Annual Cycle
Slope and ElevationIndependentTopography And Geology