Table 3 Correlation (r) and partial correlation (pr) tests between social attitudes and composite causal factors DEM, ENV, COMP.

From: An emerging consensus in palaeoanthropology: demography was the main factor responsible for the disappearance of Neanderthals

Social views

Composite factor

r

p

pr

p

Social dominance orientation (SDO)

DEM

− 0.07

0.36

− 0.07

0.37

Social dominance orientation (SDO)

ENV

− 0.03

0.74

− 0.03

0.75

Social dominance orientation (SDO)

COMP

0.04

0.58

0.08

0.31

Speciesism (SPEC)

DEM

− 0.01

0.94

0.04

0.65

Speciesism (SPEC)

ENV

− 0.02

0.77

0.02

0.77

Speciesism (SPEC)

COMP

0.11

0.13

0.13

0.10

Agreeableness (AGREE)

DEM

0.17

0.02

0.18

0.02

Agreeableness (AGREE)

ENV

− 0.02

0.76

− 0.05

0.50

Agreeableness (AGREE)

COMP

− 0.07

0.32

− 0.16

0.04