patrilineal

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This conclusion was reached after analysing twenty years of anthropological field data -- from contemporary non-warlike patrilineal groups, particularly from the scientists' own fieldwork carried out in Asia -- and modelling various socio-demographic scenarios.

From Science Daily

This allowed the reconstruction of several extensive pedigrees, revealing that the communities practised a strict patrilineal system of descent.

From Science Daily

Yet, such techniques can be shallow and are often patrilineal, meaning that the women of the past are more prone to be forgotten than their partners.

From BBC

Alice Evans, a researcher at King’s College London who studies women’s economic and social progress, said women’s rights were caught in a “patrilineal trap.”

From New York Times

According to Rwanda’s patrilineal customs, this made him a Hutu, but he considered himself a moderate in the ongoing power struggle between the groups.

From New York Times