Domestication alone does not lead to inequality: Intergenerational wealth transmission among horticulturalists

Current Anthropology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-64

  Gurven, Michael ^a   Borgerhoff Mulder, Monique ^b   Hooper, Paul L ^c   Kaplan, Hillard ^c   Quinlan, Robert ^d   Sear, Rebecca ^e   Schniter, Eric ^a   Von Rueden, Christopher ^a   Bowles, Samuel ^f,g   Hertz, Tom ^h   Bell, Adrian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^f SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^h International University College of Turin Piazza Carlo ^*  (Italy)

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EID: 75649129051     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/648587     Document Type: Article

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