Post-marital residence patterns show lineage-specific evolution

Evolution and Human Behavior • Vol/Iss. 39 • ELSEVIER • • Published In • Pages: 594-601 •
By Moravec, Jiri C., Atkinson, Quentin D., Bowern, Claire, Greenhill, Simon J. , Jordan, Fiona M., Ross, Robert R., Gray, Russell D. , Marsland, Stephen, Cox, Murray P.

Hypothesis

Similar factors have been influential of changes in post-marital residence patterns for the Uto-Aztecan, Pama-Nyungan, Indo-European, Bantu, and Austronesian language families.

Note

The results reveal that marital residence patterns vary globally and are dependent on lineage-specific evolution.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Reversible Jump Markov Chain Monte Carlo (RJ-MCMC)Not SupportedUNKNOWNUNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Post-Marital Residence PatternsDependentResidence