Note 348 — Chapter III · THEORY OF THE ORIGINAL PAIRING OR MONOGAMOUS FAMILY

Starcke, op. cit., 118; cf. ibid., 54. Friedrichs agrees with Starcke on the essential point. The uterine system arises with the formation of families and gentes. In a very primitive state, the natural means of subsistence sufficing, the children leave the parents and look out for themselves; as it becomes more and more difficult to find food and shelter, family groups are formed, and the children remain a longer time with the mother. Hence naturally the name and kinship are taken from her: "Ueber den Ursprung des Matriarchats," ZVR., VIII, 378 ff. Compare idem, "Familienstufen und Eheformen," ibid., X, 197 ff., 201. Dargun, Mutterrecht und Vaterrecht, 43-66, discusses the original mother-right, but rejects Starcke's theory of local causes, accepting uncertainty of fatherhood as a primary influence. Starcke is also criticised by Hellwald, Die mensch. Familie, 456-58, 465, 484 ff.