Climatic instability, food storage, and the development of numerical counting: a cross-cultural study

"The threat or presence of famine and starvation [will] be associated with the storage and preservation of food" (343).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Spearman’s rank-order correlation	Supported	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Food Storage	Dependent	Preservation And Storage Of Food
Starvation/famine	Independent	Disasters

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Divale, William Tulio	1999	Variations in climate extremes will be associated with threat of famine and starvation (342).	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Dirks, Robert	1993	Societies with trade entitlements will be more likely to experience famine (45).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Dirks, Robert	1993	Famines will be more drastic where people are generally malnourished (50).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Dirks, Robert	1993	Hunters and gatherers will experience less frequent and drastic famine than other subsistence types (38).	Not Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Dirks, Robert	1993	Foreign intrusions will increase the fequency and severity of famine among indigenous peoples (40).	Not Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author