A Gene-Culture Coevolution Model for Brother-Sister Mating

Kenichi Aoki and Marcus W. Feldman

Working Papers from Santa Fe Institute

Abstract: We present a gene-culture coevolutionary model for brother-sister mating in the human. It is shown that cultural--as opposed to innate--determination of mate preference may evolve, provided the inbreeding depression is sufficiently high. At this coevolutionary equilibrium, sib mating is avoided due to cultural pressures.

Date: 1997-05
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