Global phylogenetic analysis reveals multiple origins and correlates of genital mutilation/cutting
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60076658%3A12310%2F22%3A43904653" target="_blank" >RIV/60076658:12310/22:43904653 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-022-01321-x" target="_blank" >https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-022-01321-x</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41562-022-01321-x" target="_blank" >10.1038/s41562-022-01321-x</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Global phylogenetic analysis reveals multiple origins and correlates of genital mutilation/cutting
Original language description
In a comparative cross-cultural study of genital mutilation/cutting, Saffa et al. find that this range of practices may have originated in the mid-Holocene (5,000-7,000 years ago), with male genital mutilation/cutting predating female genital mutilation/cutting. Genital mutilation/cutting is costly in terms of health, survival and reproduction, and the long-term maintenance of these practices is an evolutionary conundrum. Previous studies have suggested a mate-guarding function or various signalling functions of genital mutilation/cutting. Here we use phylogenetic comparative methods and two global ethnographic samples to study the origins and socio-ecological correlates of major types of female and male genital mutilation/cutting. Male genital mutilation/cutting probably originated in polygynous societies with separate residence of co-wives, supporting a mate-guarding function. Female genital mutilation/cutting originated subsequently and almost exclusively in societies already practising male genital mutilation/cutting, where it may have become a signal of chastity. Both have originated multiple times, some as early as in the mid-Holocene (5,000-7,000 years ago), considerably predating the earliest archaeological evidence and written records. Genital mutilation/cutting co-evolves with and may help maintain fundamental social structures, hindering efforts to change these cultural practices.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10602 - Biology (theoretical, mathematical, thermal, cryobiology, biological rhythm), Evolutionary biology
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA18-23889S" target="_blank" >GA18-23889S: Ecological and geographical determinants of modern human diversification: a phylogenetic approach on global and local scales</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Nature Human Behaviour
ISSN
2397-3374
e-ISSN
2397-3374
Volume of the periodical
6
Issue of the periodical within the volume
5
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
16
Pages from-to
635-645
UT code for WoS article
000776506300001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85127567777