Progress in Evolutionary Studies on Duolocal Marriages in Matrilineal Mosuo Society in China
The Matrilineal Mosuo who lives in the border between Sichuan and Yunnan Province,follows an unusual Duolocal residence.The study of Mosuo people is of particular interest to reveal the evolution of human kinship and marriage system.The present paper provides a summary of recent studies on men's resource allocation and female reproductive competition in Mosuo people.The results show that communal breeding may be the cause of matrilineal bias in male's investment,while paternity uncertainty shows a small effect.The results also show that co-resident female kin are in reproductive competition;the more dominant (older) sister will win the competition and have a higher reproductive success rate,but they also put in more communal effort than younger sisters.
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