Spread of cattle led to the loss of matrilineal descent in Africa: A coevolutionary analysis

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1532, 2003, Pages 2425-2433

  Holden, Clare Janaki ^a   Mace, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Cultural evolution; Matrilineal; Pastoralism; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL CHANGE; GENDER RELATIONS; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; PASTORALISM; PROPERTY RIGHTS; WOMENS STATUS;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COEVOLUTION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EVOLUTION; HORTICULTURE; HUMAN; KENYA; LANGUAGE; LIVESTOCK; MALAWI; MATRILINEAL CULTURE; MATRILINEAL DESCENT; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PATRILINEAL CULTURE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; SOCIETY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VERTICAL POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0344197464     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2535     Document Type: Article

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