Journal article
Grandmaternal childcare and kinship laterality. Is rural Greece exceptional?
Abstract
Grandmothers provide more childcare for their daughters' children than for those of their sons, almost everywhere. Exceptions occur where virilocal (patrilocal) postmarital residence makes the children of sons more accessible, but even under virilocality, preferential care of daughters' children, net of the effects of proximity, is often demonstrable. A unique counter-example has been reported by Pashos (2000, Evolution & Human Behavior, 21, …
Authors
Daly M; Perry G
Journal
Evolution and Human Behavior, Vol. 40, No. 4, pp. 385–394
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
July 2019
DOI
10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2019.04.004
ISSN
1090-5138