Inheritance

Associated Documents (14)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Gray, J. PatrickParental certainty, subsistence and inheritance revisited
Cowlishaw, GuyCross-cultural patterns of marriage and inheritance: a phylogenetic approach
Gaulin, Steven J.C.Sexual dimorphism in the human post-reproductive life-span: possible causes
Eichler, MargritPower and sexual fear in primitive societies
Horne, ChristineValues and evolutionary psychology
Gray, J. PatrickA note on brother inheritance
Farber, BernardBilateral kinship: centripetal and centrifugal types of organization
Borgerhoff Mulder, MoniqueIntergenerational wealth transmission and the dynamics of inequality in small-scale societies
Hartung, JohnMatrilineal inheritance: new theory and analysis
Hartung, JohnOn natural selection and the inheritance of wealth
McNett, Charles W., Jr.Factor analysis of a cross-cultural sample
Simmons, Leo W.The role of the aged in primitive society
Frederic L. PryorEconomic Systems of Foraging, Agricultural, and Industrial Societies
Šaffa, GabrielPaternity Uncertainty and Parent–Offspring Conflict Explain Restrictions on Female Premarital Se...

Associated Hypotheses (19)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Gray, J. PatrickAgricultural subsistence will be positively associated with inheritance to the wife's children; Hunter-gather subsistence will be positively associated with inheritance to individuals other than the wife's children (279)
Cowlishaw, GuyHigher degrees of polygyny are positively associated with male bias in inheritance (87).
Gaulin, Steven J.C.Men in agricultural societies will be more likely to invest in their offspring (via inheritance) than men in hunter-gatherer societies (239).
Eichler, Margrit"In those cultures in which the rules of inheritance favor the male heir or line over the female heir or line the incidence of male genital mutilation will be higher than when the reverse is the case" (922).
Horne, ChristineIn societies in which women are more independent, norms regarding the sexual behavior of men and women will be more permissive (486).
Gray, J. PatrickAccording to Hartung (1981), mode of inheritance will be related to paternity certainty (103).
Gray, J. PatrickMode of descent will be related to inheritance practices (104).
Gray, J. PatrickControlling for mode of descent, paternity certainty will be related to inheritance (104).
Farber, BernardKinship norms (centripetal vs centrifugal) will be associated with form of inheritance (880).
Borgerhoff Mulder, MoniqueInequality will be related to intergenerational wealth transmission.
Hartung, JohnMatrilineal inheritance will be associated with a moderate to low probability of paternity, while patrilineal inheritance will be associated with a high probability of paternity (602).
Hartung, JohnA man's reproductive fitness will be most enhanced if he transfer's his heritable wealth to his son rather than his daughter (611).
McNett, Charles W., Jr.Findings: A factor analysis of traits used to develop a settlement pattern scale of cultural complexity yielded three important factors. Factor 6, "Economic" (oblique rotation), loaded heavily and positively on property, trade, and status variables (245)
Simmons, Leo W.Aged men had more success in marrying younger women in patriarchal societies, among herders, and more advance societies (211-212)
Frederic L. PryorInstitutions of property and distribution among foragers will be associated with economic development in varying ways (41).
Frederic L. PryorForaging groups with lower levels of economic development (Classic and transitional foragers) can be identified with certain property and distribution characteristics (42).
Frederic L. PryorForaging groups with middling levels of economic development (Human-Wealth-Oriented and Intangible-Wealth-Oriented societies) can be identified by certain property and distribution characteristics.
Frederic L. PryorForaging societies with high levels of economic development (Politically-Oriented and Physical-Wealth-Oriented societies) can be identified by certain property and distribution characteristics (44).
Šaffa, GabrielFemale premarital sex is more likely to be restricted in societies in which children inherit directly from their fathers.

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