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Does cultural evolution need matriliny?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2001

Chris Knight
Chris Knight
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of East London, Dagenham, Essex RM8 2AS, United Kingdomc.knight@uel.ac.uk www.uel.ac.uk/sociology/index.html
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Abstract

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Cetacean cultural transmission is associated with lengthened postmenopausal life histories and relatively stable matrilineal social structures. Although Homo erectus was not marine adapted, broadly comparable selection pressures, life history profiles, and social structures can be inferred.

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Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , April 2001 , pp. 339 - 340
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© 2001 Cambridge University Press