Thus, kin- recognition mechanism is a doubly misleading term--first because, as we've seen, the mechanism doesn't positively identify kin, but just identifies factors correlated with kinship; and second because people aren't really aware of doing the identifying.
There are some who contend that people are in fact aware of the fact that they're doing the identifying.
mnli hypothesis: There are some who contend that people are in fact aware of the fact that they're doing the identifying. premise: Thus, kin- recognition mechanism is a doubly misleading term--first because, as we've seen, the mechanism doesn't positively identify kin, but just identifies factors correlated with kinship; and second because people aren't really aware of doing the identifying.