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kinship and descent  

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  • Kinship and descent are each notions that have been of particular preoccupation to social anthropologists, as much due to their importance as because of the difficulties they present. It is worthy to note their close link, stemming from a common social and biological character (only the former being necessary). [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Kinship and Descent]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-X8KXW2VR-0

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