Pama–Nyungan grandparent systems change with grandchildren, but not cross-cousin terms or social norms

Kinship is a fundamental and universal aspect of the structure of human society. The kinship category of ‘grandparents’ is socially salient, owing to grandparents’ investment in the care of the grandchildren as well as to older generations’ control of wealth and cultural knowledge, but the evolution...

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Main Authors: Catherine Sheard, Claire Bowern, Rikker Dockum, Fiona M. Jordan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2020-01-01
Series:Evolutionary Human Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2513843X20000316/type/journal_article

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