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Primitive marriage
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Mclennan, John Ferguson.
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Edinburgh, Adam & Charles Black, 1865
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https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.50206
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on offwhite laid paper, sometime folded; left edge torn; watermark `18[...]'
annotation in dark grey ink      M`Lennan
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annotation vertically crossed 24 30 } It is clear tht brides ‹bought› «purchased» but man wd choose prettiest￭— except when bought usully yong. —￭ It will ￭depend on forms of in￭heri￭tance commn to Man, whether ￭♀s ￭alone or both sexes affected ￭
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annotation vertically crossed 31 40 } choice in woman
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annotation vertically crossed 74 / 76 } choice— Bethrd [ie `Betrothed'] does not keep woman.t01
t01 - `} choice— ... woman.' in dark grey ink
annotation vertically crossed 45 no choice when captured—t01
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annotation in dark grey ink, vertically crossed in pencil 50 No Barter
annotation vertically crossed 95 122 } intermarriage incestuous.t01
t01 - `122 } ... incestuous.' in dark grey ink
annotation vertically crossed 118 120 (Exogamy keeps distinct tribes similar oposed to sexual selection.)t01
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annotation vertically crossed vertically crossedin dark grey ink 166. 165 — origin of infanticide in lessen number of Women.
annotation vertically crossedin dark grey ink to .... 208 good summary on ‹Polyandry›t01 & exogamy . As yet ‹idea of› «practice of avoidng» incest not explained, probably arose in time of monkey-men
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annotation vertically crossed The scarcity of Women frm infanticide of femles x «leading to» ‹promiscuous intercourse› & polyandry , wd make the selection of women very difficult— On othr hand men wd then be selected — ( p. 176 Promiscuousness a gret difficulty )
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annotation in dark grey ink, vertcially crossed in dark pencil There must have been a time judgng frm lower animals, when men did not forsee, when ther was not infanticide & when sexes equl , & then sexul selction wd come in & only occasionlly since, at lest when genrl licntioness or polyandry prevailed.—
annotation vertically crossed «p.» «----» 288 I cannot help doubtng whether lesser nmber of ♀s owg to infanticide was so common as to make so mny tribes exogamous — ⸮ Extension of feelng for a cross — where close interbreedng in small tribes — passion — instinctive for foreign blood .
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annotation in pale pencil, vertically crossed in pencil Effects of Habit for expection of yonger males — or instinct —
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annotation Guiana kill mst ♀ children brng up about 1/2
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annotation & Abortion , which wd destry both sexes
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     It does seem rare to kill females alone
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