?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Kinship%2C+lineage+identity%2C+and+an+evolutionary+perspective+on+the+structure+of+cooperative+big+game+hunting+groups+in+Indonesia.+&rft.creator=Alvard%2C+Dr.+Michael&rft.subject=Sociobiology&rft.description=Work+was+conducted+among+traditional%2C+subsistence+whale+hunters+in+Lamalera%2C+Indonesia+in+order+to+test+if+kinship+or+lineage+membership+is+more+important+for+explaining+the+organization+of+cooperative+hunting+parties+ranging+in+size+from+8-14+men.+Crew+identifications+were+collected+for+all+853+hunts+that+occurred+between+May+3+and+August+5%2C+1999.+Lineage+identity+and+genetic+relatedness+were+determined+for+a+sample+of+189+hunters.+Results+of+matrix+regression+show+that+kinship+explains+little+of+the+hunters'+affiliations+independent+of+lineage+identity.+Crews+are+much+more+related+amongst+themselves+than+expected+by+chance.+This+is+due%2C+however%2C+to+the+correlation+between+lineage+membership+and+kinship.+Lineage+members+are+much+more+likely+to+affiliate+in+crews%2C+but+beyond+r+%3D+0.5+kin+are+just+as+likely+not+to+affiliate.+The+results+are+discussed+vis-%C3%A0-vis+the+evolution+of+cooperation+and+group+identity.&rft.date=2002&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2352%2F1%2Fkinship.pdf&rft.identifier=++Alvard%2C+Dr.+Michael++(2002)+Kinship%2C+lineage+identity%2C+and+an+evolutionary+perspective+on+the+structure+of+cooperative+big+game+hunting+groups+in+Indonesia.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2352%2F