Patrilineal descent groups _____
a. are the most common of the unilineal descent groups
b. are found only in North and South America
c. trace descent through lines of females; for example, the mother, mother’s mother, sister’s daughter, and so on
d. are ones in which a woman’s children are members of her descent group
e. are ones in which a woman’s female children are members of her descent group, while her male children are always allied with their father
ANSWER:
a
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