UNLABELLED Two functions for pedigree-drawing available in R (http://www.r-project.org): plot.pedigree in kinship and pedtodot in gap are described. The latter requires graphviz (http://www.graphviz.org). They can produce many pedigree diagrams quickly into a single file, serving as alternatives to programs that only offer interactive use. AVAILABILITY Packages kinship and gap are available f...

Title of Document: INTERNALIZING AND EXTERNALIZING BEHAVIORS OF ADOLESCENTS IN KINSHIP AND FOSTER CARE: FINDINGS FROM THE NATIONAL SURVEY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT WELL-BEING Sarah Kaye, Ph.D. Family Studies, 2007 Directed By: Sandra Hofferth, Ph.D. Professor Department of Family Studies The mission of the United States child welfare system is to promote safety, permanency and well-being for chil...

Résumé D. Webster — Le système de parenté tembe-thonga : les noces de l'histoire et de l'anthropologie. L'auteur dénonce l'usage trop fréquent du « présent ethnographique » en démontrant, par comparaison entre la situation actuelle, les descriptions anciennes comme celle de Junod, et la tradition orale, que les structures familiales du groupe ont changé parallèlement aux transformations politiq...

Women’s affiliative behavior towards kin and responses to facial cues of kinship (self-resemblance) both change as a function of their hormonal status. Such hormone-mediated changes might serve to (1) avoid inbreeding during peak fertility and/or (2) increase kin affiliation during pregnancy. The first hypothesis predicts that responses to kinship cues will be most negative during hormonal stat...

Douglas R. White and Michael Houseman For special issue of l’Homme 2013 Regardless of now marriage is locally defined, most people in most places marry (and/or have children with) people who are neither too close (immediate family members) nor overly distant (total strangers). As a result, many members of a given community are linked to each other by multiple direct or indirect ties of consangu...