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ArticleNature2021

Retraction Note: Complex societies precede moralizing gods throughout world history.

Harvey Whitehouse, Pieter François, Patrick E Savage, Thomas E Currie, Kevin C Feeney, Enrico Cioni, Rosalind Purcell, Robert M Ross, Jennifer Larson, John Baines and 3 more

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Article in Nature, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Harvey Whitehouse *Centre for the Study of Social Cohesion, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Pieter François *Centre for the Study of Social Cohesion, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Patrick E Savage *Centre for the Study of Social Cohesion, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. psavage@sfc.keio.ac.jp.
Thomas E CurrieHuman Behaviour & Cultural Evolution Group, Department of Biosciences, University of Exeter, Penryn, UK.
Kevin C FeeneySchool of Computer Science and Statistics, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Enrico CioniSeshat: Global History Databank, Evolution Institute, San Antonio, FL, USA.
Rosalind PurcellSeshat: Global History Databank, Evolution Institute, San Antonio, FL, USA.
Robert M RossCentre for the Study of Social Cohesion, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Jennifer LarsonDepartment of Modern & Classical Language Studies, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA.
John BainesFaculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Barend Ter HaarDepartment of Chinese Language and Culture, Asia-Africa-Institute, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
Alan CoveyDepartment of Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
Peter TurchinDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6996-7496

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Identifiers

PMID34234342

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Registered trials

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