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Kinship

In anthropology, kinship is the web of social relationships that form an important part of the lives of all humans in all societies, although its exact meanings even within this discipline are often debated. Anthropologist Robin Fox says that the study of kinship is the study of what humans do with these basic facts of life – mating, gestation…

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related to Bibliography · 112
Kinship → Ambilateral, American Anthropologist, An Anthropological Perspective, Anthony, Anthropological Theory, Archived, Arizona Press, Atkins, Attachment, Barnes, Biological Approaches, Bob, Boon, Bowlby, Bringing, Bronislaw, California Press, Cambridge University Press, Clarendon Press, Compatibility Between Cultural
related to External links · 25
Kinship → An Interactive Tutorial Archived, An Introduction, Anglo-Saxon Civil Law, Archived, AusAnthrop, CA, Degrees, Descent Systems, Duties, Esq, Family Organization Dennis O'Neil, Introduction, Kinship According, Kurt, Manitoba, Nature, Nilson, Palomar College, Relatives, San Marcos
related to Kinship networks and social process · 22
Kinship → Among, Argonauts, Australian, Barotse, British, Clyde Mitchell, Gluckman, Gluckman's Manchester, He, John Barnes, Malinowski, More, Northern Rhodesia, Radcliffe-Brown, Social Networks, Source, The, The Andaman Islands, Urban Situations, Victor Turner
related to Schneider's critique of genealogical concepts · 15
Kinship → American, American Culture, Americans, Before, Critique, David, Europe, He, His, In, Morgan's, Schneider, Schneider's, The Study, Yap
related to Evolutionary psychology · 13
Kinship → An, Another, Daly, Evolutionary, In, One, Sahlin's, See Major Histocompatibility Complex, Sexual Selection, The, This, Wilson, Yet
related to Nonreductive biology and nurture kinship · 11
Kinship → Hamilton, Holland, Holland's, Human, In, Kin, Robin Fox, Schneider, Schneider's, Social, The
related to Recognition of fluidity in kinship meanings and relations · 11
Kinship → Barnes, British Social Anthropology, Building, Edmund Leach, For, From, His, Lévi-Strauss's, New Guinea Highlands, Pul Eliya, This
related to history · 10
Kinship → Affinity, Anthropology, As, Consanguinity, Evidence, Human, Human Family, Morgan's Systems, One, The
related to Biology, psychology and kinship · 9
Kinship → Abuse, Because, Biology, Independently, Like Schneider, Marshall Sahlins, Notably, The, The Use
related to Composition of relations · 9
Kinship → An, For, Here, PP, PT, PTP, Suppose, The, Then

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social descent may societies marriage relationship also group groups human relationships relations one terms matrilineal patterns genetic family biological children

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Kinshipis aweb of social relationships that form an important part of the lives of all humans in all societies0.90text
Kinshipis astudy of what humans do with these basic facts of life0.90text
Kinshipis aprivileged system and if so0.90text
in migrant communitiesinstance ofA new generation of anthropologist study the processes of doing kinship in new contexts0.80text
in queer familiesinstance ofA new generation of anthropologist study the processes of doing kinship in new contexts0.80text
Morganinstance ofwhich they readily connected with the genealogy approach of early anthropologists0.80text
the incest tabooinstance ofThis kinship detection system in turn affects other genetic predispositions0.80text
a tendency for altruism towards relatives.One issue within this approach is why many societies organize according to descentinstance ofThis kinship detection system in turn affects other genetic predispositions0.80text
visitation rights or joint custody.The termsinstance ofwith whom a separate parent-child relationship may be maintained through arrangements0.80text
Kinshiprelated to "Kinship system" as systemic patternThe0.60section
Kinshiprelated to "Kinship system" as systemic patternMany0.60section
Kinshiprelated to "Kinship system" as systemic patternHowever0.60section

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