Chagnon’s analysis of a well-known axe fight in the Yanomamö village of Mishimishiböwei-teri (Chagnon and Bugos 1979) is among the earliest empirical tests of kin selection theory for explaining cooperation in humans. Kin selection theory describes how cooperation can be organized around genetic kinship and is a fundamental tool for understanding cooperation within family groups. Previous analy...

Attempts to address racial disproportionality in child welfare must include a focus on the benefits and challenges facing children in kinship care. African American children not only are overrepresented in the child welfare system, but also are placed disproportionately in kinship foster care. Using a sample of 18 African American adolescents ages 11 to 14, this article explores how the relatio...

Languages are transmitted through channels created by kinship systems. Given sufficient time, these kinship channels can change the genetic and linguistic structure of populations. In traditional societies of eastern Indonesia, finely resolved cophylogenies of languages and genes reveal persistent movements between stable speech communities facilitated by kinship rules. When multiple languages ...

Abstract “Queer” is a relatively recent and somewhat controversial term in African studies. Yet it proving to be productive, not only for understanding subjectivities of sexuality gender, but also situating Africa’s position the larger economy knowledge. Otu van Klinken explore productive tensions between “queer” “Africa,” aim read Africa as queer from Africa. Thus, rather than imagining polar ...

Kinship used to be described as what anthropologists do. Today, many might well say that it is what anthropologists do not do. One possible explanation is that the notion of kinship fell off anthropology’s radar due to the criticisms raised by Needham and Schneider among others, which supposedly demonstrated that kinship is not a sound theoretical concept. Drawing inspiration from epidemiologic...

AbstrakPenelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan penggunaan kata sapaan kekerabatan dan nonkekerabatan pada bahasa Lembak yang digunakan oleh masyarakat Suku di Kabupaten Bengkulu Tengah. Penelitian termasuk penelitian kualitatif dengan metode deskriptif. Langkah pengumpulan data dilakukan menggunakan simak (observasi) cakap (wawancara). analisis melalui tahap data, reduksi penyajian verif...

Spong, G. 2001. Genetic Consequences of Dispersal and Social Behavior in Lions, Panthera leo. Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Science and Technology 659. 30 pp. Uppsala. ISBN 91-554-5129-2. This thesis combines behavioral observations of African lions (Panthera leo) with genetic analyses, in an attempt to clarify causes and co...