Ecological Dynamics: Resource Abundance, Scarcity, and Industrial/Technological Access

Artifact #2: demonstrates the correlation between shifts in socioeconomic status, the prevalence of infectious diseases and disasters, and secularism. This table emphasizes cultures with technological advancements to maintain low pathogen prevalences tend to be more individualistic.

Artifact #3: aimed to compare cultural differences among neighboring counties along the rice-wheat border in central provinces of China (Sichuan, Chongqing, Hubei, Anhui, and Jiangsu).

Artifact #4: consistently indicates that individuals from rice-producing provinces tend to exhibit more holistic thinking, interdependence, and loyalty to family compared to those from wheat-producing provinces.