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Old 02-28-2018, 08:48 PM   #313
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Originally Posted by Makarov View Post
Is monogamy an "enduring social norm"? Certainly not in all societies.
No, but in most. It's very odd because it's a wholly anti-Darwinistic concept, yet it seems to emerge completely independently across cultures and time periods. I feel like someone has explained the evolutionary basis for it to me in the past but I can't remember what that explanation was.
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