Emergence of kinship structures and descent systems: multi-level evolutionary simulation and empirical data analysis.

ABSTRACT: In many indigenous societies, people are categorized into several cultural groups, or clans, within which they believe they share ancestors. Clan attributions provide certain rules for marriage and descent. Such rules between clans constitute kinship structures. Anthropologists have revealed several kinship structures. Here, we propose an agent-based model of indigenous societies to reveal the evolution of kinship structures. In the model, several societies compete. Societies themselves comprise multiple families with parameters for cultural traits and mate preferences. These values determine with whom each family cooperates and competes, and they are transmitted to a new generation with mutation. The growth rate of each family is determined by the number of cooperators and competitors. Th

SUBMITTER: Itao K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8864366 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature