Kinship

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Kinship and Social Organization
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Definition of Family
A social group characterized by . . .

• Common Residence
• Economic Cooperation
• Reproduction

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The American family is . . .

• Nuclear
• Monogomous
• Neolocal residence
• Bilateral descent

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How Universal Are American Family Characteristics?
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Patrilineal Descent
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Matrilineal Descent
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Dual Descent
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Bilateral Descent
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Typical Human Families
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Post-marital residence and kinship are primarily
functions of the adaptive strategy employed by
specific populations to produce and distribute
the resources they need survive.
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The Evolution of Human Society