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... marry men from the same village and go to live there . These social similarities help explain the use of the same term - 1 - for both . Similar ob- servations apply to matrilineal societies . Con- sider a society with two matrilineal ...
... marry men from the same village and go to live there . These social similarities help explain the use of the same term - 1 - for both . Similar ob- servations apply to matrilineal societies . Con- sider a society with two matrilineal ...
Page 179
... Marry Out or Die Out One of the best explanations for the incest taboo is that it arose in order to ensure exog- amy , to force people to marry outside their kin group . In this view , the taboo originated early in human evolution ...
... Marry Out or Die Out One of the best explanations for the incest taboo is that it arose in order to ensure exog- amy , to force people to marry outside their kin group . In this view , the taboo originated early in human evolution ...
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... marry men from C. Gen- eralized exchange is associated with patrilin- eal descent and virilocal residence . Men stay put and women marry out . Virilocal residence always ensures that patrilineally related men stay together , just as ...
... marry men from C. Gen- eralized exchange is associated with patrilin- eal descent and virilocal residence . Men stay put and women marry out . Virilocal residence always ensures that patrilineally related men stay together , just as ...
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