Why Modern Hunter-Gatherers Live with So Few Kin (1 of 6) (IMAGE)

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Why Modern Hunter-Gatherers Live with So Few Kin (1 of 6)

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Agta couple in the Philippines. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the May 15, 2015 issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by M. Dyble at University College London in London, UK, and colleagues was titled, 'Sex equality can explain the unique social structure of hunter-gatherer bands.'

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[Credit: Sylvain Viguier]

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