By analysing whether characteristics of Austronesian populations could predict the rate of adoption of Christianity, researchers find that political leadership and small population sizes facilitated Christianity’s spread in the Pacific.
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Creanza, N. Predicting societal-level cultural change. Nat Hum Behav 2, 538–539 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-018-0396-2
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