Communal breeding by women is associated with lower investment from husbands

According to Hamilton's rule, matrilineal-biased investment restrains men in matrilineal societies from maximising their inclusive fitness (the ‘matrilineal puzzle'). A recent hypothesis argues that when women breed communally and share household resources, a man should help his sisters�...

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Main Authors: Qiao-Qiao He, Jun-Wen Rui, Li Zhang, Yi Tao, Jia-Jia Wu, Ruth Mace, Ting Ji
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2022-01-01
Series:Evolutionary Human Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2513843X22000470/type/journal_article