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Lineage Atrophy in Chinese Society
Author(s) -
Anderson E. N.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
american anthropologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1548-1433
pISSN - 0002-7294
DOI - 10.1525/aa.1970.72.2.02a00130
Subject(s) - lineage (genetic) , atrophy , chinese society , history , evolutionary biology , china , biology , archaeology , genetics , gene
Pasternak (1968) has reported a case of “lineage atrophy” on Taiwan. This fits a pattern discernible in several widely separated cases. It seems that the Chinese lineage, often considered a rock‐stable base of Chinese society, is at the mercy of economic‐ecological factors.