Re: Social evolution of hominids

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: susansf@netcom.com (Susan S. Chin) wrote:
: >Evolutionarily speaking, there's not a great incentive for males of the
: >species to mate with only one female for life.

Paul Crowley (pcrowley@indigo.ie) wrote:
: IIf that's the best way to ensure that your progeny grow up
: to be physically strong and of high status (thereby ensuring
: a high probability of further reproductive success) then,
: evolutionarily speaking, it will be the best possible
: incentive.

It's the solution that many human societies have developed as part of its
social structure, which makes monogamy for males a compromise of sorts...
But a very necessary one as you pointed out.

Susan

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