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Genealogy, kinship, and knowledge: A cautionary note about causation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 December 2010

Stephen M. Lyon
Stephen M. Lyon
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Department of Anthropology, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdom. [email protected]/s.m.lyon
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Abstract

The choice of emphasis in kinship studies has often resulted in incompatible theoretical models of kinship that are mutually undermining and contradictory. Jones' attempts to reconcile disparate approaches to kinship using OT is useful, however; seeing kinship as a specialized system for representing genealogy may be unwarranted in the light of recent advances in mathematical approaches to kinship terminologies.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 33 , Issue 5 , October 2010 , pp. 394
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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