Sociocultural epistasis and cultural exaptation in footbinding, marriage form, and religious practices in early 20th-century Taiwan

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 52, 2009, Pages 22139-22144

  Brown, Melissa J ^a   Feldman, Marcus W ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural evolution; Demographic change; Marriage customs; Taiwan aborigines

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPISTASIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; TAIWAN;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CULTURAL EVOLUTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOOT; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; RELIGION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TAIWAN;

EID: 76049092006     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0907520106     Document Type: Article

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