Are Affines Treated as Biological Kin? A Test of Hughes's Hypothesis

Affines (or "in-laws") have long been recognized within anthropology as a special kind of kin. Evolutionary biology, in contrast, has typically treated affines as though they were unrelated: only direct genetic kinship counts. However, Hughes (1988) argued that Hamilton's concept of i...

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Main Authors: Burton-Chellew, M, Dunbar, R
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2011