Interrelationships of factors of social development are more complex than Life History Theory predicts

Behav Brain Sci. 2019 Nov 20:42:e204. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X19000177.

Abstract

Life History Theory (LHT) predicts a monotonous relationship between affluence and the rate of innovations and strong correlations within a cluster of behavioral features. Although both predictions can be true in specific cases, they are incorrect in general. Therefore, the author's explanations may be right, but they do not prove LHT and cannot be generalized to other apparently similar processes.

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