Cooperation and conflict between women in the family

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 251-258

  Mace, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cultural norms; Human behavioural ecology; Kinship; Matriliny; Reproductive skew

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT; COOPERATION; CULTURAL NORMS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN BEHAVIOURAL ECOLOGY; KINSHIP; MALE; MATRILINY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SKEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CULTURAL NORMS; HUMAN BEHAVIOURAL ECOLOGY; KINSHIP; MATRILINY; REPRODUCTIVE SKEW;

CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WOMEN;

EID: 84886554662     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: 15206505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.21374     Document Type: Article

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