Polygyny without wealth: Popularity in gift games predicts polygyny in BaYaka Pygmies

Royal Society Open Science

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Chaudhary, Nikhil ^a   Salali, Gul Deniz ^a   Thompson, James ^a   Dyble, Mark ^a   Page, Abigail ^a   Smith, Daniel ^a   Mace, Ruth ^a   Migliano, Andrea Bamberg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetic quality; Hunter gatherers; Polygyny; Social capital; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946577805     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20545703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.150054     Document Type: Article

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