Western Michigan University ScholarWorks at WMU Master's Theses Graduate College 4-1979 The Origins and Functional Significance of Incest vA oidance R. Daniel Murray Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses Part of the Social and Cultural Anthropology Commons Recommended Citation Murray, R. Daniel, "The Origins and Functional Significance of Incest vA oidance" (1979). Master's Theses. 2044. https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/2044 This Masters Thesis-Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate College at ScholarWorks at WMU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Master's Theses by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at WMU. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. THE ORIGINS AND FUNCTIONAL SIGNIFICANCE OF INCEST AVOIDANCE by R. Daniel Murray A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of The Graduate College in partial fulfillment of the Degree of Master of Arts Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, Michigan April 1979 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This thesis is a product of a long-term interest in the stud}7 of human and non-human primate ethology. Initially I would like to thank Robert P. Collins, Department of Biology, St. Clair County Community College, for the enthusiastic introduction to the fields of anthropo logy and primatology he provided early in my undergraduate career. During my graduate training, I have gained from the advice and encour agement of my major professor, Dr. Robert Jack Smith, as well as the entire faculty of the Department of Anthropology at Western Michigan University.