Genetic and Cultural Kinship among the Lamaleran Whale Hunters

Human Nature

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-107

  Alvard, Michael ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliance; Behavioral ecology; Kin selection; Kinship; Lamalera; Network analysis; Yanomam

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; INDONESIA; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; POPULATION GENETICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WHALE;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOOD; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; INDONESIA; MALE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WHALES;

EID: 79958858163     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-011-9104-x     Document Type: Article

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