Table 1 Description of the simulated scenarios

From: Patrilineal segmentary systems provide a peaceful explanation for the post-Neolithic Y-chromosome bottleneck

Scenario

Descent rule

Residence rule

Fission type

Variance in reproductive success

Violent competition

Preceded by 100 generations of bilateral descent

1

Bilateral

Patrilocal

None

No

No

No

2a

Patrilineal

Patrilocal

Random

No

No

No

2b

Patrilineal

Patrilocal

Random

No

Yes

No

2c

Patrilineal

Patrilocal

Lineal

No

No

No

2d

Patrilineal

Patrilocal

Lineal

No

Yes

No

2e

Patrilineal

Patrilocal

Random

Yes

No

No

2f

Patrilineal

Patrilocal

Random

Yes

Yes

No

2g

Patrilineal

Patrilocal

Lineal

Yes

No

No

2h

Patrilineal

Patrilocal

Lineal

Yes

Yes

No

3a

Patrilineal

Patrilocal

Lineal

Yes

No

Yes (patrilocal)

3b

Patrilineal

Patrilocal

Lineal

Yes

No

Yes (multilocal)

3c

Patrilineal

Patrilocal

Lineal

Yes

No

Yes (matrilocal)

  1. This table shows the settings for the different simulated scenarios. All scenarios from 1 to 2h have been simulated with or without a small proportion of intervillage male migration (2% per generation), and all scenarios from 2a to 2h have been simulated with or without post-fission group migration. Scenarios 3a to 3c correspond to scenarios with two transitions of kinship rules (see Supplementary Fig. 2).