Why did foraging, horticulture and pastoralism persist after the Neolithic transition? The oasis theory of agricultural intensification

Intensive agriculture will emerge in regions with limited biodiversity and water supply not reliant on local rainfall.

The ecological determinants of agricultural intensity are biodiversity, rainfall and net primary productivity (NPP).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
GLMs and Bayesian regression models	Supported	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Ecological determinants of agricultural intensity	Independent	Climate, Fauna, Flora
Agriculture intensity	Dependent	Tillage

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Medupe, Dithapelo	2023	Foraging will persist because foragers generally live in marginal habitats that are unsuitable for agricultural purposes.	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Sanday, Peggy Reeves	1973	Agricultural type and intensity will be curvilinearly related to women's contribution to subsistence; women will contribute the least in societies without agriculture and with intensive agriculture (1691).	Claimed supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Medupe, Dithapelo	2023	In African societies, specific kinds of biodiversity will be negatively correlated to agriculture intensity.	Marginally supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Atkinson, Quentin D.	2011	Dysphorically arousing rituals will be positively associated with reliance on foraging rather than agriculture, and intergroup warfare (52).	Not Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Robbins, Michael C.	1966	"Ground plans . . . [are] correlated with . . . mean size of local community and intensity of agricultural practices. . . . Circular ground plans would tend to be associated with small communities practicing no . . . or casual agriculture, rectangular with large communities, intensive agriculture" (13)	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author