ArticleHuman nature (Hawthorne, N.Y.)2011
The matrilocal tribe: an organization of demic expansion.
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- The slave trade and the origins of matrilineal kinship.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2024Article
- Female-Female Competition Occurs Irrespective of Patrilocality.Archives of sexual behavior · 2022Article
- Genes flow by the channels of culture: the genetic imprint of matrilocality in Ngazidja, Comoros Islands.European journal of human genetics : EJHG · 2018Article
- Evolutionary demography of age at last birth: integrating approaches from human behavioural ecology and cultural evolution.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2018Article
- Kinship as a frequency dependent strategy.Royal Society open science · 2016Article
- The insectan apes.Human nature (Hawthorne, N.Y.) · 2014Article
- The rebirth of kinship: evolutionary and quantitative approaches in the revitalization of a dying field.Human nature (Hawthorne, N.Y.) · 2011Article
- Evolutionary contributions to solving the "matrilineal puzzle": a test of Holden, Sear, and Mace's model.Human nature (Hawthorne, N.Y.) · 2011Article
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Abstract
This article integrates (1) research in the historical dynamics of state societies relating group solidarity and group expansion to cultural frontiers, (2) comparative research in anthropology relating matrilocality to a particular variety of internal politics and a particular form of warfare, and (3) interdisciplinary reconstructions of large-scale "demic expansions" and associated kinship systems in prehistory. The argument is that "metaethnic frontiers," where very different cultures clash, are centers for the formation of larger, more enduring, and more militarily effective groups. In small-scale non-state societies, the major path toward the formation of such groups is the establishment of cross-cutting ties among men. This often involves the adoption of matrilocal norms. The current distribution of matrilocality and matrilineality around the world may be partly a residue of major demic expansions in prehistory involving matrilocal tribes. This hypothesis is evaluated with a range of evidence, including information regarding the spread of two language families, Bantu and Austronesian.
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