Kin recognitionKin recognition, also called kin detection, is an organism's ability to distinguish between close genetic kin and non-kin. In evolutionary biology and psychology, such an ability is presumed to have evolved for inbreeding avoidance, though animals do not typically avoid inbreeding. An additional adaptive function sometimes posited for kin recognition is a role in kin selection. There is debate over this, since in strict theoretical terms kin recognition is not necessary for kin selection or the cooperation associated with it.
Darwinian anthropologyDarwinian anthropology describes an approach to anthropological analysis which employs various theories from Darwinian evolutionary biology. Whilst there are a number of areas of research that can come under this broad description (Marks, 2004) some specific research projects have been closely associated with the label. A prominent example is the project that developed in the mid 1970s with the goal of applying sociobiological perspectives to explain patterns of human social relationships, particularly kinship patterns across human cultures.
Nurture kinshipThe concept of nurture kinship in the anthropological study of human social relationships (kinship) highlights the extent to which such relationships are brought into being through the performance of various acts of nurture between individuals. Additionally the concept highlights ethnographic findings that, in a wide swath of human societies, people understand, conceptualize and symbolize their relationships predominantly in terms of giving, receiving and sharing nurture.
Fictive kinshipFictive kinship is a term used by anthropologists and ethnographers to describe forms of kinship or social ties that are based on neither consanguineal (blood ties) nor affinal ("by marriage") ties. It contrasts with true kinship ties. To the extent that consanguineal and affinal kinship ties might be considered real or true kinship, the term fictive kinship has in the past been used to refer to those kinship ties that are fictional, in the sense of not-real.
Sélection de parentèleLa est une théorie permettant d'expliquer l'apparition, au cours de l'évolution, d'un comportement altruiste chez des organismes vis-à-vis d'autres organismes. Elle affirme, en général, que les instincts altruistes augmentent avec l'apparentement sous l'effet de la sélection naturelle. La sélection de parentèle permet d'expliquer l'origine des comportements altruistes au sein des sociétés animales. Cette théorie fut développée en 1964 par le biologiste anglais William Donald Hamilton et le premier résultat théorique d'importance fut produit par le biologiste américain George Price en 1970 et publié dans Nature.
ParentéLa parenté est la relation sociale privilégiée qui unit les membres d'une même famille. Elle est fondée sur l'existence supposée d'une filiation commune ou d'une alliance. Dans le cas de la filiation, elle peut être biologique (filiation légitime ou naturelle) ou découler d'une adoption (filiation adoptive). Selon les sociétés, elle est le fondement de droits et d'obligations particulières, dans la branche du droit de la famille. Il existe un système de notation de la parenté.
