Kinship (Human), Evolutionary and Biosocial Approaches to

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ID22367127
AuthorsR Mace (0000-0002-6137-7739, University College London, corresponding author)
Year2018
Pages1-7
Publication date2018-09-05
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeOTHER
VenueThe International Encyclopedia of Anthropology (JOURNAL)
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/9781118924396.wbiea1573
OpenAlexW2944664498
ISBN9781118924396
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited18

In evolutionary anthropology, kinship studies generally address how human families and social organization arose, in response to natural selection. Inclusive fitness is a measure of number of offspring (direct fitness) and the number of relatives born, weighted by relatedness (indirect fitness). Models that maximize the benefits of any interaction, where costs and benefits are measured in terms of inclusive fitness, can be used to predict patterns of cooperation and conflict within families in any given environment. Fitness is thus fundamental to understanding human kinship. Marriage, descent, and wealth inheritance are all influenced by our ecology and our subsistence system, and also coevolve with each other. Evolutionary methods have also been used to help infer the ancestral pathways that kinship patterns have followed. New methods and theories in evolutionary anthropology have reignited an interest in kinship studies

Biology · Biosocial theory · Evolutionary biology · Evolutionary ecology · Fitness landscape · Inclusive fitness · Kin selection · Kinship · Natural selection · Personality · Population · Social evolution · Sociocultural evolution · Sociology · Subsistence agriculture · Anthropology · Demography · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Primate Behavior and Ecology · Psychology · Social Psychology · Ecology · Genetics

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