Incest and exogamy: a sociobiological reconsideration

Ethnology and Sociobiology • Vol/Iss. 1 • Published In • Pages: 151-162 •
By van den Berghe, Pierre L.

Abstract

This article uses alliance theory and kin selection theory to examine the relationship between consanguineous marriage and descent system. The author argues that there is no relationship between the severity of incest taboos and the rules of exogamy or endogamy. A series of testable hypotheses regarding incest, marital, and descent rules are presented.

Samples

Sample Used Coded Data Comment
World Ethnographic Sample (WES)

Hypotheses (1)

HypothesisSupported
No novel statistical tests were performed for this study.UNKNOWN
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