The fish is the friend of matriliny: Reef density and matrilineal inheritance

BenYishay, Ariel; Grosjean, Pauline; Vecci, Joe

doi:10.1016/j.jdeveco.2017.03.005

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“…However, we found fewer significant results with the Austronesian tree, with matrilineal descent correlated with matrilineal inheritance of property, residence and political succession but no economic-or subsistencerelated cultural traits. This result warrants further investigation in the context of hypotheses that are tailored to this region; for example, the 'fish is the friend of matriliny' hypothesis hinges not just on the existence of fishing in a population but also on reef density [19], which might correspond to the relative effort investment required to catch fish. This nuanced view of fishing is not captured in the Ethnographic Atlas, demonstrating a limitation of this type of large-scale comparative analysis.…”

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“…Although matriliny is relatively rare across human populations, matrilineal populations are distributed around the world (figure 1). Previous studies of matriliny have often focused on one geographical region or a single language family, and relatively few analyses have accounted for phylogenetic relationships between studied populations [14,19]. In a key phylogenetically controlled study, Holden and Mace assembled data on rules of descent (binarized as 'matriliny' versus 'patriliny') and on the presence or absence of cattle across 68 Bantu-and Bantoid-speaking populations [14].…”

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A worldwide view of matriliny: using cross-cultural analyses to shed light on human kinship systems

Surowiec

Snyder

Creanza

2019

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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Although matriliny and matrilocality are relatively rare in contemporary human populations, these female-based descent and residence systems are present in different cultural contexts and across the globe. Previous research has generated numerous hypotheses about which cultural traits are associated with the stability or loss of matrilineal descent. In addition, several studies have examined matrilineal descent with phylogenetic analyses; however, the use of language phylogenies has restricted these analyses to comparisons within a single language family, often confined to a single continent. Cross-cultural comparisons are particularly informative when they account for the relationships between widely distributed populations, as opposed to treating each population as an independent sample or focusing on a single region. Here, we study the evolution of descent systems on a worldwide scale. First, we test for significant associations between matriliny and numerous cultural traits that have been theoretically associated with its stability or loss, such as subsistence strategy, animal domestication, mating system, residence pattern, wealth transfer and property succession. In addition, by combining genetic and linguistic information to build a global supertree that includes 16 matrilineal populations, we also perform phylogenetically controlled analyses to assess the patterns of correlated evolution between descent and other traits: for example, does a change in subsistence strategy generally predict a shift in the rules of descent, or do these transitions happen independently? These analyses enable a worldwide perspective on the pattern and process of the evolution of matriliny and matrilocality. This article is part of the theme issue ‘The evolution of female-biased kinship in humans and other mammals’.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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A worldwide view of matriliny: using cross-cultural analyses to shed light on human kinship systems

Surowiec

Snyder

Creanza

2019

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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“…That said, direct positive outcomes associated with female-biased kinship institutions are not inevitable. A recent comparison of societies with matrilineal and patrilineal inheritance within both the Solomon Islands and the global Standard Cross-Cultural Sample finds very little evidence that matrilineal inheritance translates into real economic or political power in either sample [110]. In short, this body of literature, together with the results of the study reported here, suggests that a more careful understanding of the links between normative patterns (or institutions) and social outcomes is needed.…”

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Differences between sons and daughters in the intergenerational transmission of wealth

Mulder

Towner

Baldini

et al. 2019

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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Persistent interest lies in gender inequality, especially with regard to the favouring of sons over daughters. Economists are concerned with how privilege is transmitted across generations, and anthropologists have long studied sex-biased inheritance norms. There has, however, been no focused cross-cultural investigation of how parent–offspring correlations in wealth vary by offspring sex. We estimate these correlations for 38 wealth measures, including somatic and relational wealth, from 15 populations ranging from hunter–gatherers to small-scale farmers. Although small sample sizes limit our statistical power, we find no evidence of ubiquitous male bias, at least as inferred from comparing parent–son and parent–daughter correlations. Rather we find wide variation in signatures of sex bias, with evidence of both son and daughter-biased transmission. Further, we introduce a model that helps pinpoint the conditions under which simple mid-point parent–offspring wealth correlations can reveal information about sex-biased parental investment. Our findings are relevant to the study of female-biased kinship by revealing just how little normative descriptors of kinship systems, such as patrilineal inheritance, capture intergenerational correlations in wealth, and how variable parent–son and parent–daughter correlations can be. This article is part of the theme issue ‘The evolution of female-biased kinship in humans and other mammals'.

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“…Munculnya sistem kekerabatan tertentu dipengaruhi oleh adaptasi masyarakat terhadap lingkungan ekologi dan keputusan investasi yang terbaik (BenYishay, Grosjean, & Vecci, 2017). Sistem matrilineal biasanya diterapkan pada masyarakat agraris yang sumber ekonomi utamanya adalah pertanian holtikultura yang dapat dikerjakan oleh tenaga kerja perempuan dan tidak terlalu mengandalkan tenaga laki-laki.…”

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Apakah sistem kekerabatan matrilinieal di suku Minang masih membudaya? Analisis tematik pada makna pemberian dukungan sosial mamak kepada kemenakan

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2020

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Suku Minang memiliki sistem kekerabatan matrilineal di mana kesejahteraan seorang anak menjadi tanggung jawab bersama keluarga besar ibu (communal) yang dipimpin oleh mamak (saudara laki-laki ibu). Akan tetapi, penelitian-penelitian dalam bidang sosiologi memberikan bukti bahwa sistem kekerabatan tersebut sudah memudar dan peran mamak sudah digantikan oleh bapak seiring dengan menguatnya praktik keluarga inti (nuclear family). Penelitian ini berusaha mengeksplorasi tema-tema dalam makna pemberian dukungan dari perspektif mamak kepada kemenakan. Penelitian ini melibatkan 298 laki-laki Minang yang memiliki kemenakan (anak dari saudara perempuannya) dan berdomisili di provinsi Sumatra Barat yang secara tradisional mempraktikan sistem kekerabatan matrilineal. Data dikumpulkan menggunakan open-ended questionaire, dan dianalisis menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif analisis tematik. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa perilaku pemberian dukungan sosial dari mamak kepada kemenakan masih dilakukan pada mayoritas partisipan. Namun, pemberian dukungan tersebut hanya bersifat insidental dan tidak berlangsung terus-menerus. Pemberian dukungan kepada kemenakan ternyata memberikan manfaat bagi kesejahteraan afektif mamak apabila perilaku tersebut dilakukan secara tulus (altruist) dan praktik tersebut ternyata memberikan luaran sosial yang positif (rewards) seperti harga diri (self-esteem) dan perasaan terhubung (feeling social connection). Temuan lain yang menarik adalah munculnya kategori kewajiban (obligation) yang ternyata juga dapat meningkatkan kesejahteraan afektif alih-alih menjadi beban bagi mamak.

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The fish is the friend of matriliny: Reef density and matrilineal inheritance

Cited by 34 publications

References 52 publications

A worldwide view of matriliny: using cross-cultural analyses to shed light on human kinship systems

A worldwide view of matriliny: using cross-cultural analyses to shed light on human kinship systems

Differences between sons and daughters in the intergenerational transmission of wealth

Apakah sistem kekerabatan matrilinieal di suku Minang masih membudaya? Analisis tematik pada makna pemberian dukungan sosial mamak kepada kemenakan

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