Does cultural evolution need matriliny?

Behavioral and Brain Sciences 24 (2):339-340 (2001)
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Cetacean cultural transmission is associated with lengthened postmenopausal life histories and relatively stable matrilineal social structures. Although Homo erectus was not marine adapted, broadly comparable selection pressures, life history profiles, and social structures can be inferred

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