Complexity of kinship system

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Rácz, PéterSocial Practice and Shared History, Not Social Scale, Structure Cross-Cultural Complexity in Kin...

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Rácz, PéterGreater kinship system complexity is positively correlated with pastoralism (10).
Rácz, PéterGreater kinship system complexity is positively correlated with cousin marriage (10).
Rácz, PéterBilateral or ambilineal descent systems are likely to have less complex kinship systems than patrilineal or matrilineal ones (11).
Rácz, PéterSimpler kinship systems are positively correlated with local jurisdictional hierarchy (10).
Rácz, PéterSimpler kinship systems are positively correlated with extensive agriculture (10).
Rácz, PéterSimpler kinship systems are positively correlated with extensive foraging (10).

Associated OCMs

  1. kinship terminology