The Relationship of Inheritance Systems To Genealogical Structures and Male Longevity

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ID6079219
AuthorsJohn F Martins, John Martins (0000-0003-2725-6981, Arizona State University, corresponding author), John F Martin (Arizona State University)
Year1984
Volume9
Issue3
Pages291-307
Publication date1984-09-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Family History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0363-1990 • E-ISSN: 1552-5473
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/036319908400900307
OpenAlexW2044612032
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited6

It has been observed that in some populations male succession to petty offices and inheritance of impartible male property pass down a line of brothers before members of a more junior generation inherit or succeed. When the proper ty or office is conveyed to a member of a junior generation, populations vary as to whether the heir or successor is usually a son, a brother's son, or a sister's son. The present paper argues that these diverse patterns evolve in response to dif ferent genealogical structures and the patterning of male survivorship. The arguments, while general, are developed through historical exegeses of the demography and inheritance systems of the Havasupai Indians of northern Ari zona and the Aborigines of Groote Eylandt

Biology · Brother · Daughter · Ecological succession · Evolutionary biology · Genealogy · Kinship · Longevity · Population · Sister · Sociology · Successor cardinal · Survivorship curve · Anthropology · Demography · History · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology · Genetics

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