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Kinship: A System of Social Organization

Kinship is system of social organization based on  real or putative family ties . The modern study of kinship can be traced back to mid-19th-century interests in comparative legal institutions and philology, the study of the history of language. In the late 19th century, however, the cross-cultural comparison of … Continue reading

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