Polygyny and Inheritance of Wealth [and Comments and Replies]

Polygyny and Inheritance of Wealth [and Comments and Replies]

Cross-cultural data are used to test the hypotheses that (1) polygyny in humans is resource polygyny and (2) parents transfer wealth to male heirs when wealth increases the heirs' chance of obtaining multiple mates. A reinterpretation of Freud's Oedipus complex follows as an adjunct.

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Veröffentlicht in:Current anthropology 1982-02, Vol.23 (1), p.1-12
Hauptverfasser: Hartung, John, Dickemann, Mildred, Melotti, Umberto, Pospisil, Leopold, Scott, Eugenie C., Smith, John Maynard, Wilder, William D.
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Cultural anthropology
Humans
Mating behavior
Natural selection
Polygyny
Reproductive success
Sons
Statistical variance
Wealth
Womens studies
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Zusammenfassung:Cross-cultural data are used to test the hypotheses that (1) polygyny in humans is resource polygyny and (2) parents transfer wealth to male heirs when wealth increases the heirs' chance of obtaining multiple mates. A reinterpretation of Freud's Oedipus complex follows as an adjunct.
ISSN:0011-3204
1537-5382
DOI:10.1086/202775