Kin Recognition: First, if individuals have the capacity to recognize kin ( kin recognition ) and to adjust their behaviour on the basis of kinship ( kin discrimination ), then the average relatedness of the recipients of altruism could be high enough for this to be favoured.

When it is noted that altruism reduces the fitness of individuals, gene-or individual-centered explanations for the evolution of altruism become more complex and rely on the use of game theory, for instance ; see Kin selection and group selection.

* Addition of Diminutives to Names: Before the 17th century, most nicknames had the diminutive ending " in " or " Kin ", where the ending is attached to the first syllable: Watkin / Walter / Wat-kin Hobkin / Robert / Hob-kin or Thompkin / Thomas / Thom-Kin.

But he is the first member of the Coot Kin to gain prominence.

In Don Rosa's Duck family tree he is included as a member of the Coot Kin and more specifically as son of Casey Coot and his wife Gretchen Grebe, which makes him a nephew of Elvira Coot, a brother of Fanny Coot, a first cousin of Quackmore Duck, a first cousin once removed of Donald Duck and an uncle of Gus Goose.

Though his exact relationship to Donald remains uncertain his last name suggests he belongs to the Coot Kin and that he is related to Donald through Elvira Coot, Donald's paternal grandmother.

File: Kin khao niao. JPG | Glutinous rice is traditionally eaten using the right hand

Kin selection theory in this view is seen as specifying an ultimate cause rather than a proximate cause ( See Tinbergen's four questions ) of social bonding and cooperation.

Kin Arad is a human planetary engineer working for the Company, a human organisation that " builds " habitable planets with techniques and equipment salvaged from the Spindle Kings, an extinct alien race, excelling in terraforming.

After their ship is hit one of the orbiting " planets ", Kin, Marco and Silver are forced to abandon ship and land on the flat Earth with the help of their lift-belt equipped suits.

What Kin Arad knows as Reme is called Rome on the Disc, and there is a strange Christos cult that is completely unfamiliar to Kin Arad.

Also, Venus is conspicuously lacking its giant ( lunar-sized ) moon Adonis, which dominates the sunset sky on the Earth Kin knows, and led humanity to a heliocentric world view early on.

Kin agrees ; the implication being that the world she will build is in fact our own Earth.

Kin is excited about the massive task at hand ; just like Ringworld's Louis Wu whom she parallels she is over two hundred years old, and thus constantly under the threat of growing tired of life.

It is implied that the reason for the historical discrepancies is that our Earth was actually created by Kin Arad to replace the flat Earth featured in the book, which was starting to malfunction.

Interestingly, all of what is known about the intelligent species who have lived before humans is revealed to be incorrect near the end of the book, when the Disc's computer system ( built by the universe's actual creators ) reveals to Kin that the entire universe is only 70, 000 years old and that evidence and remains of long dead civilizations were fabricated by the universe's creators to make the universe appear older than it is ( much like the Company fabricated prehistoric fossils on their created worlds to make them appear older than they really were ).

Next of Kin is a term used for many interpretations that depend on the jurisdiction being referred to.

* In H. G. Wells ' The Sleeper Awakes, the Sleeper identifies a cylinder (" a modern substitute for books ") with " The Man Who Would Be King " written on the side in mutilated English as " oi Man huwdbi Kin ".

While Scrooge finds himself surrounded by an extended family ( see The Clan McDuck, Duck family and Coot Kin ) and a large number of allies and rivals ( see Scrooge McDuck Universe ), Flintheart lives a life of solitude and seems to have no family, friends or for that matter rivals except Scrooge himself.

* The Kin of Ata are Waiting for You by Dorothy Bryant

Kin and two aliens, the four-armed frog-like, paranoid and muscular Kung Marco and Silver, a bear-like Shand, historian and linguist by profession, are recruited by the mysterious Jago Jalo for an expedition.

She is captured by Rand's forces in Altara, is sent to Caemlyn along with the other Damane, and has her collar eventually removed by Reanne Corly of the Kin when she shows considerable scorn for her former captors.

The newest game in the series, Kin ' iro no Corda, is gaining popularity partially because the manga series it was based on, has been recently licensed by Viz for English language publishing.

It manufactured the ill-fated Microsoft Kin for Sharp Corporation in the late 2000s.

The Seagraves allege that Hirohito appointed his brother, Prince Yasuhito Chichibu, to head a secret organization called Kin no yuri (" Golden Lily "), for this purpose.

Kin is home to the Dragon Brand of awamori, with a beautiful Buddhist shrine built in 1522, and a 270 meter natural cave known as Kin Shonyudo that doubles as both a place of worship and a cellar for aging bottles of the drink.

Historically, Kin is known as an entertainment location for the U. S. Marines stationed there.

Although there have been recent military backlashes in Okinawa, Kin is very welcoming to the military, as they receive income for such things as port use, tourism, prostitution and sex trade, and merchants.

In 1999 Ng Kung Siu and Lee Kin Yun were convicted for desecration of the regional flag of Hong Kong and the National flag.

The plateau to the north of Norber, an area known as The Allotment, is particularly rich in potholes ; one of these, Long Kin East, can be followed by all and sundry for a distance of.

Tang Shiu Kin Sports Ground is used for track and field and Football training.

Despite having no formal connection with the stable, Fallon continued to ride major winners for Stoute including the Derby winners Kris Kin in 2003 and North Light in 2004.

In a 2008 interview with Soap Opera Digest, Kin Shriner ( Scott Baldwin ) said Monty planned to continue the Scotty, Laura, and Luke triangle for a longer period, but his 1980 departure forced a story change.

Additionally, consent for donation may be given by the donor's Legal Next of Kin if the donor did not specify his or her wishes before death.

* Development: Rockefeller Kin to Save Land 2003 NYT article on David Rockefeller's plans for the organic Stone Barns complex and a niece's intervention regarding a housing development on the estate.

* Award for Excellence: Yūji Aoki for Naniwa Kin ' yūdō ( The way of the Ōsaka loan shark )

Kin selection was originally developed to explain apparent altruistic acts which seemed to be maladaptive.

From Fuzhou he struck across the mountains into Zhejiang and visited Hangzhou, then renowned, under the name of Cansay, Khanzai, or Quinsai ( i. e. Kin gsze or royal residence ), as the greatest city in the world, of whose splendours Odoric, like Marco Polo, Marignolli, or Ibn Batuta, gives notable details.

Kin selection refers to apparent strategies in evolution that favour the reproductive success of an organism's relatives, even at a cost to the organism's own survival and reproduction.

Kin selection refers to changes in gene frequency across generations that are driven at least in part by interactions between related individuals, and this dynamic forms much of the conceptual basis of the theory of social evolution.

The to min are supposed to be descendants of the Kin, who held northern China in A. D. 1100, or of native traitors who aided the Japanese, in 1555-1563, in their descent upon Chehkiang.