Foraging complexity and the evolution of childhood

Peak foraging productivity is attained in adulthood for skill-intensive resources such as tubers and game.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Bayesian analyses	Supported	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Age	Independent	Age Stratification
Skill intensity of resource type	Independent	Food Quest
Foraging returns	Dependent	Food Quest

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Pretelli, Ilaria	2022	Adult levels of foraging productivity are achieved by adolescence for easier to extract resources such as fruit and fish.	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Roberts, John M.	1962	"Games of physical skill [physical skill only or physical skill and strategy jointly] . . . show significant relationships with reward for achievement . . ." (174)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Roberts, John M.	1959	"There . . . appears to be a relationship between the presence or absence of games of chance and the number of games of physical skill. Societies having 5 or more games of physical skill frequently have games of chance" (604)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Marlowe, Frank W.	2007	The level of contribution by either gender is positively associated with flexibility in foraging activities (174).	Supported	1	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Marlowe, Frank W.	2007	Sexual division of foraging labor will be positively associated with seasonality (174).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author