matrilines

They would require or try to support the creation of "matrilines" or families based around female relatives and their decendents and siblings as a long term functional family.

Incest, child abuse and a need for heroes Elizabeth McClung 2006

These five ‘matrilines’ (lines of descent from a female ancestor) were recruited at an unknown time during the last 130,000 years (possibly at different times and places in the Near East) as founders of the modern domestic cats.

Domestic Cats Originated In Near East Scientists Claim | Impact Lab 2007

The matrilines have a dominance hierarchy which overrides individual dominance -- the matriline rises or falls *together*.

Archive 2007-12-01 Doctor Science 2007

The matrilines have a dominance hierarchy which overrides individual dominance -- the matriline rises or falls *together*.

Book report: Baboon Metaphysics, by Cheney & Seyfarth Doctor Science 2007

However, the recent reporting of two novel, albeit rare, putative aurochs sequences (haplogroups Q and R) in modern animals sampled in Italy, together with the detection of a haplogroup P sequence in a modern taurine animal support at least some local adoption of wild aurochsen matrilines

PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ceiridwen J. Edwards et al. 2010

Eight or nine matrilines are in a troop, each with a rank order.

The Chicago Blog 2009

Eight or nine matrilines are in a troop, each with a rank order.

The Chicago Blog 2009

Eight or nine matrilines are in a troop, each with a rank order.

The Chicago Blog 2009

Eight or nine matrilines are in a troop, each with a rank order.

The Chicago Blog 2009

Eight or nine matrilines are in a troop, each with a rank order.

The Chicago Blog 2009