| Description |
viii, 254 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Mating and reproductive systems in nonhumans -- The sociobiology of human mating and reproduction -- The socioculture of marriage and kinship -- Preindustrial societies: San, Yanomamö, Navajo, Nupe -- Industrial societies: the United States and Japan -- Extensions of the family. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [229]-246. |
| Subject |
Families.
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Kinship.
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Social evolution.
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Sociobiology.
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| ISBN |
0444990615 |
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044499064X paperback |
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