Famine

Associated Documents (6)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Singh, DevendraSex differences in the anatomical locations of human body scarification and tattooing as a funct...
Pryor, Frederic L.Economic systems of foragers
Dirks, RobertStarvation and famine: cross-cultural codes and some hypothesis tests
Murray, Damian R.Pathogens and politics: further evidence that parasite prevalence predicts authoritarianism
Berbesque, J. ColetteHunter-gatherers have less famine than agriculturalists
Ember, Carol R.Climate Variability, Drought, and the Belief that High Gods Are Associated with Weather in Nonin...

Associated Hypotheses (11)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Singh, Devendra"As pathogen severity increases, so should permanenent marking of body areas that are attended to for evaluating attractiveness and mate quality" (403).
Pryor, Frederic L.Forager economic type will not be associated with famine threat, percentage of hunting subsistence, presence of gambling, conflict, corporate descent groups, household form, family form, marital form, postmarital residence, female power, male aggression, and male dominance (408, 415, 416).
Dirks, Robert"Where direct entitlements are individualized, the risk of famine will be greater than where ownerships extend across a broad corporate base" (44).
Dirks, RobertSocieties with trade entitlements will be more likely to experience famine (45).
Dirks, RobertFamines will be more drastic where people are generally malnourished (50).
Murray, Damian R.Pathogen stress will independently predict authoritarian governance when controlling for malnutrition, famine, and warfare in the cross-cultural sample (5).
Murray, Damian R.When tested individually, each of the twelve variables included in the composite "authoritarian governance" variable in the cross-cultural sample will be predicted by pathogen prevalence (5).
Berbesque, J. ColetteHunter-gatherers will experience more famine than those with other modes of subsistence (1).
Berbesque, J. ColetteControlling for habitat quality, hunter-gatherers will experience more famine than agriculturalists (1).
Ember, Carol R.There will be a correlation between dry climates and resource stress.
Ember, Carol R.There will be a correlation between climates with extreme cold or hot temperatures and resource stress.

Associated OCMs

  1. nutrition
  2. gratification and control of hunger
  3. diet
  4. disasters