Emergence of kinship structures and descent systems: multi-level evolutionary simulation and empirical data analysis

Different ecological and social conditions produce different kinship structures.

See Table 2 for variables and results.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Spearman's Rank	Supported	`UNKNOWN`	rhos = 0.41 - 0.53	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Disapproval of rape	Independent	Sex And Marital Offenses, Miscellaneous Sex Behavior
Disapproval of premarital sex	Independent	Premarital Sex Relations
Disapproval of incest	Independent	Special Unions And Marriages, Sex And Marital Offenses, Kinship Regulation Of Sex
Kinship system (patrilineal, matrilineal, etc)	Dependent	Rules Of Descent

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Passmore, Sam	2021	Kinship typologies can be created by modeling similarities between kinship terminologies across different languages.	Supported	1	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Murdock, George Peter	1949	"In the presence of exogamous matrilineal or patrilineal lineages, sibs, phratries, or moieties, separate kinship terms tend to be applied to comparable relatives of the same generation who are linked to ego by connecting relatives of different sex" (163)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Itao, Kenji	2022	Stronger cooperation among kin groups is positively associated with the emergence of dual organization and clan-based social structures.	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Murdock, George Peter	1949	"In the presence of patrilocal, matri-patrilocal, matrilocal, or avunculocal residence, separate terms tend to be applied to relatives of the same generation who are linked to ego through connecting relatives of different sex" (148)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Itao, Kenji	2022	Mate competition influences the evolution of marriage exchange systems.	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author