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Associated Documents (22)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Basu, SudiptaMemory, transaction records, and the wealth of nations
Brown, Barton McCaulPopulation estimation from floor area: a restudy of "naroll's constant"
Robbins, Michael C. Climate and behavior: a biocultural study
Ember, Carol R.Climate, econiche, and sexuality: influences on sonority in language
Ember, Carol R.Valuing thinness or fatness in women: reevaluating the effect of resource scarcity
Munroe, Robert L.Warm climates and sonority classes: not simply more vowels and fewer consonants
Gray, J. PatrickHeight and sexual dimorphism of stature among human societies
Ember, Carol R.High CV score: regular rhythm or sonority?
Ember, MelvinCross-language predictors of consonant-vowel syllables
Glascock, Anthony P.The myth of the golden isle: old age in pre-industrial societies
McCall, Lauren W.Cultural adaptations after progressionism
Munroe, Robert L.Rhythmicity or sonority: response to ember and ember's "cross-language predictors of consonant-v...
Hart, John P.Modeling Oneota agricultural production: a cross-cultural evaluation
Cashdan, ElizabethEthnic diversity and its environmental determinants: effects of climate, pathogens, and habitat ...
Nelson, KitEnvironment, cooking strategies and containers
Broch, TomBelligerence among the primitives
Whiting, John W.M.Environmental constraints on infant care practices
Whiting, John W.M.Aloofness and intimacy of husbands and wives: a cross-cultural study
Whiting, John W.M.Winter temperature as a constraint to the migration of preindustrial peoples
Eckenrode, AnnaPatriarchal Norms, Bargaining, and Gendered Attitudes on Intimate Partner Violence
Chambers, JaimeDog-Human Coevolution: Cross-Cultural Analysis of Multiple Hypotheses
Caticha, Nestor, Calsaverini, Rafael S., Vincente, RenatoStatistical Mechanics of Social Hierarchies: A Mathematical Model for the Evolution of Human Soc...

Associated Hypotheses (38)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Basu, SudiptaControlling on agriculture, climate, and region, recordkeeping will be positively associated with other types of impersonal exchange (902)
Basu, SudiptaControlling on agriculture, climate, and region, recordkeeping will be associated with increased impersonal exchange and specialization in division of labor (902-903)
Brown, Barton McCaulControlling for climate and date of pacification does not explain additional variance between dwelling floor area and population size (35)
Robbins, Michael C. ". . . people in warmer climates show a greater degree of aggressiveness in culturally patterned behavior than do people in colder climates" (337)
Robbins, Michael C. "Most of the societies in warm climates have relatively permissive sex codes for females, while the opposite holds true for societies in cold climates. . ." (337)
Robbins, Michael C. ". . . more societies in warm climates are above the median in emotional expressiveness than societies in cold climates" (337)
Ember, Carol R.Number of cold months will be negatively associated with sonority (183).
Ember, Carol R.Cold climate and sparse vegetation will be negatively associated with sonority (183).
Ember, Carol R.A warm climate and dense vegetation will be associated with less sonority (183).
Ember, Carol R.Societies in colder climates are more likely to value fatness in women (262).
Munroe, Robert L.Vowel use will be more common in warm climate languages than cold climate languages (126).
Munroe, Robert L.Sonorant consonant use will more common in warm climate languages than cold climate languages (126).
Munroe, Robert L.Obstruent use will be more common in cold climate languages than warm climate languages (126).
Gray, J. PatrickColder climates will be associated with lower male height (452).
Ember, Carol R.Societies in a warm climate with tall dense vegetation will use fewer vowels (850).
Ember, Carol R.Societies in cold climates with sparse or short vegetation will use fewer vowels (850).
Ember, MelvinColder climates will have lower CV scores than warmer climates as Munroe et. al. (1996) suggested (733).
Ember, MelvinControlling for climate and literacy, baby-holding will be a significant predictor of consonant-vowel score (736).
Glascock, Anthony P.Treatment of the elderly will be related to climate, subsistence strategy, social stratification, and belief in active high gods (408).
McCall, Lauren W.“[P]opulations in colder or more unstable climates are more likely to store food and thus to count to higher numbers” (71).
Munroe, Robert L.Strong sonority in the speech signal will be associated with warmer climates (846).
Hart, John P.The neo-Malthusian model hypothesizes that climate will be positively related to agricultural production which will be positively related to population density (571).
Cashdan, ElizabethGreater ethnic diversity will be found in regions with greater pathogen stress and reduced climatic variation and unpredictability (975).
Nelson, KitThe use of stone boiling will be associated with geographic location, temperature, and rainfall (241-2).
Nelson, KitThe use of direct fire boiling will be associated with geographic location, temperature, and rainfall (244).
Broch, TomClimate and inter-cultural relations will be correlated with the index of primitivity (38).
Whiting, John W.M.In colder climates, infants will more likely be carried in cradles. In warmer climates, infants will more likely be carried in slings (164).
Whiting, John W.M.Borrowing in infant carrying practices will be seen within cool and cold climates and within warm and hot climates, but not between these regions (164).
Whiting, John W.M."[Most of the] . . . societies in which a husband and wife have separate bedrooms are situated in tropical climates where heating is not a problem. . . . [Societies where settlements are permanent rather than nomadic or seminomadic tend to have separate bedrooms for husband and wife]" (190, 191)
Whiting, John W.M.Language phyla will tend to be found on either side of the isotherm of a winter temperature of 10 degrees Celsius.
Whiting, John W.M.Certain clothing practices will be associated with the 10 degree isotherm.
Whiting, John W.M.Certain infant sleeping practices will be associated with the 10 degree isotherm.
Whiting, John W.M.Certain infant carrying practices will be associated with the 10 degree isotherm
Caticha, Nestor, Calsaverini, Rafael S., Vincente, RenatoModern non-literate humans tend to exhibit an intermediate degree of social hierarchy in mild climates, while in harsher climates the degree of social hierarchy tends to be correlated to the group size (with groups of less than 100 people tending to be more egalitarian, and those with more than 1000 members tending to be more hierarchical).
Eckenrode, AnnaFemale acceptance of IPV will be positively associated with tropical climates
Eckenrode, AnnaMale acceptance of IPV will be negatively associated with tropical climate
Chambers, JaimeDogs' utility for humans (DUH) will be negatively associated with hot environments
Chambers, JaimeHumans' utility for dogs (HUD) will be negatively associated with hot environments

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