Postmarital Residence and Bilateral Kin Associations among Hunter-Gatherers

Human Nature

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-63

  Kramer, Karen L ^a   Greaves, Russell D ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilateral; Foragers (Hunter gatherers); Kinship; Mobility; Postmarital residence; Pum ; South American Indians

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIGRATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; VENEZUELA;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARRIAGE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VENEZUELA;

EID: 79958854139     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-011-9115-7     Document Type: Article

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