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Matriarchy and Prehistory: A Statistical Method for Testing an Old Theory

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: Various statistical methods are applied to mythological motifs to reconstruct the phylogeny of tales that describe primitive matriarchies. The results show a correlation between spread of myths and spread of genes, and allow to identify the form of this mythology before the out-of-Africa migration. This makes it possible to reject some assumptions about interpretation of rock art.

Source: HAL AMU

Author: d'Huy, Julien

Institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Aix-Marseille Université, Institut des Mondes Africains, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, École des hautes études en sciences sociales

Language: English

Topic: Language and cultural evolution

Subfield: Cultural Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W3108314203

FWCI: 1.814

Cites: 12

Cited by: 1

Related to: 10