Hunter-gatherers and the origins of religion

Evolution of belief in an afterlife will be positively asociated with evolution of shaminism (272).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Pagel's test	Supported	p = 0.00	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Belief in Afterlife	`UNKNOWN`	Eschatology
Shamanism	`UNKNOWN`	Shamans And Psychotherapists

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Peoples, Hervey C.	2016	Evolution of belief in an afterlife will be positively associated with evolution of ancestor worship (273).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Matlock, James Graham	1993	2) Reincarnation beliefs will be positively associated with belief in an afterlife socially organized to reflect the living model	Not Tested	0	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Peoples, Hervey C.	2016	Evolution of high gods and active high gods will be positively associated with the evolution of other ancestral hunter-gatherer religious characteristics (274).	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Somersan, Semra	1984	Matrilineal societies will be more likely to believe in a quality of afterlife unconditioned on individual’s behavior (160).	Partially supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Textor, Robert B.	1967	In societies that believe in an attractive afterlife, females will tend to have property rights (278, 432).	Marginally Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author