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Form of Descent

Matrilineal descent traces ancestry through the mother's lineage, with children belonging to the mother's kinship group and inheritance passing through women. Patrilineal descent traces ancestry through the father's lineage instead, with children belonging to the father's kinship group and inheritance passing through men. Both systems influence the structure of society, with matrilineal societies often emphasizing cooperation and patrilineal societies emphasizing individualism and male authority.

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Form of Descent

Matrilineal descent traces ancestry through the mother's lineage, with children belonging to the mother's kinship group and inheritance passing through women. Patrilineal descent traces ancestry through the father's lineage instead, with children belonging to the father's kinship group and inheritance passing through men. Both systems influence the structure of society, with matrilineal societies often emphasizing cooperation and patrilineal societies emphasizing individualism and male authority.

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Matrilineal descent Patrilineal descent

Matrilineal descent is a system of Patrilineal descent, on the other hand,


tracing family ancestry through the is a system of tracing family
mother's lineage. In this system, ancestry through the father's lineage.
children belong to the same kinship In this system, children belong to the
group as their mother and her same kinship group as their father
family, and property and inheritance and his family, and property and
are passed down through the female inheritance are passed down through
line. Matrilineal societies are often the male line. Patrilineal societies are
characterized by a focus on often characterized by a focus on
cooperation and communal living, individualism and competition, with
with women playing important roles men typically holding positions of
in decision-making. power and authority.

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