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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Article title updated for style. | Nov 06, 2026 | ||
| Modified link of Web site: The Royal Society Publishing - Proceedings of the Royal Society B - Emergence of kinship structures and descent systems: multi-level evolutionary simulation and empirical data analysis. | Sep 11, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Royal Society Publishing - Proceedings of the Royal Society B - Emergence of kinship structures and descent systems: multi-level evolutionary simulation and empirical data analysis. | Jan 21, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Identity by Descent: Variation in Meiosis, Across Genomes, and in Populations. | Nov 28, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Palomar College - The Nature of Kinship: Descent Groups. | Mar 15, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Social Sciences LibreTexts - Kinship. | Nov 21, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - Society - Descent. | Dec 05, 2011 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jul 15, 2008 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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