Assignment:
ANTHROPOLOGY ESSAY-
Discuss the various types of descent groups. What are their varying exclusions?
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KEY POINTS TO BE INCLUDED IN ESSAY:
*Unilineal descent is exclusive to one descent line.
*Matrilineal descent is exclusive to the female line.
*Patrilineal descent is exclusive to the male line.
*Ambilineal descent requires the individual to choose which line to affiliate with.
*There is a relationship between descent systems and a society's economy.
*Rural Chinese society is an example of patrilineal descent.
*Hopi society is based strictly on matrilineal descent.
*Samoan Islanders and other Pacific cultures are examples of ambilineal descent.