From: bivalve (bivalve@mail.davidson.alumlink.com)
Date: Mon Jan 06 2003 - 18:39:51 EST
>The nature of humans weighs against "patrilocality" in my humble
>estimation. The idea of human females leaving the safety of their
>tribe and setting off to find adventure and romance strikes me as
>unlikely. <
Actually, much patrilocality is within a tribe. If daughters move
out when they marry, even if it is only down the block, while sons
inherit the old homeplace and stay there, the mtDNA lineage moves
around. Marriage is also a longstanding means of making agreements
between groups. Thus, neighboring tribes are likely to have some
exchange of females. Rapid long-distance exchange does seem more
likely to occur through kidnapping than through willing travel, as
Dick points out, but successive exchanges between neighboring tribes
will also cross long distances over time.
Dr. David Campbell
Old Seashells
University of Alabama
Biodiversity & Systematics
Dept. Biological Sciences
Box 870345
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 USA
bivalve@mail.davidson.alumlink.com
That is Uncle Joe, taken in the masonic regalia of a Grand Exalted
Periwinkle of the Mystic Order of Whelks-P.G. Wodehouse, Romance at
Droitgate Spa
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