Evolution From Maternal To Paternal System

Associated Documents (1)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Tylor, Edward B.On a method of investigating the development of institutions: applied to laws of marriage and d...

Associated Hypotheses (2)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Tylor, Edward B."This . . . custom [the couvade] . . . proves to be not merely incidentally an indicator of the tendency of society from maternal to paternal, but the very sign and record of that vast change" (10)
Tylor, Edward B."Hostile capture [of women] . . . exists equally through the three stages of society, from maternal to paternal. . . . Connubial and formal capture belong only to the intermediate stage where paternal institutions are arising and to the later stage where they are established" (13, 14)

Associated OCMs

  1. rule of descent