Is kinship a schema? moral decisions and the function of the human kin naming system
The human kinship system, and its associated terminology, bears the hallmarks of an evolutionary adaptation but its evolutionary origins have not been explored. We argue that the human kinship naming system is a schema that evolved to reduce the cognitive load of maintaining kinships, allowing the e...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer
2015
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