Dead or Alive? Knowledge about a Sibling's Death Varies by Genetic Relatedness in a Modern Society

Using a large sample of non-institutionalized individuals from the Netherlands ( n = 7610), we examined the influence of relatedness on an individual's knowledge about whether their sibling is alive or not. Respondents were generally less likely to know whether their sibling was alive if they w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Thomas V. Pollet, Daniel Nettle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2009-01-01
Series:Evolutionary Psychology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/147470490900700108