Both matrilineal and patrilineal patterns of descent build kinship groups through either one genealogical line (the mother's side) or the other (the father's side). What anthropological concept does this reflect?

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Wade Brandt

Social Studies

31 December, 09:31

Both matrilineal and patrilineal patterns of descent build kinship groups through either one genealogical line (the mother's side) or the other (the father's side). What anthropological concept does this reflect?

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unilineal

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The idea of descent being classified as matrilineal (tracing of kinship through the mothers family) and patrilineal (tracing of kinship through the fathers family) reflects an anthropological concept of unilineal.