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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
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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Isn't Monogomy a construct to ensure passing on of genes and later wealth and status to those genes. Effectively it was to ensure that women did not have another mans child and that the women and children weren't killed and eaten.
Darwin supports more of a Harem concept but outside of the very rich / strong this has been hard to maintain. And in general monogomy is much more associated with a women's virtue than a man's.
There are examples of monogamist relationships in animals. Effectively if a child has a better survival rate with 2 parents and the cost of maintaining a 2nd wife is high monogamy should be the Darwinistice preference.