Ecological Factors in the Origin of Incest

Ecological Factors in the Origin of Incest

Under the most primitive conditions, with only a sexual division of labor, outbreeding is compelled by age distribution, low birth & survival rates, & the chance of like-sexed adjacent siblings. Hence, it is suggested that early hominids were able to permit incest infrequently, & around...

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Veröffentlicht in:American anthropologist 1959-12, Vol.61 (6), p.1042-1059
1. Verfasser: Slater, Mariam Kreiselman
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Age
Animals
Child rearing
Childbirth
Children
Human Ecology
Incest
Mothers
Prehistoric Man
Puberty
Siblings
Taboos
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Zusammenfassung:Under the most primitive conditions, with only a sexual division of labor, outbreeding is compelled by age distribution, low birth & survival rates, & the chance of like-sexed adjacent siblings. Hence, it is suggested that early hominids were able to permit incest infrequently, & around such ecological patterns marriage rules crystallized. When in time surpluses shifted the balance in vital statistics, prohibitions remained. PA.
ISSN:0002-7294
1548-1433
DOI:10.1525/aa.1959.61.6.02a00090