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Originally Posted by peter12
Read Our Inner Ape. Monogamy gave us an advantage over our surroundings and essentially enabled us to build societies and culture.
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Interesting, what did they say monogamy gave us the advantage?
Monogamy prevailed because agriculture prevailed, not because polygamy failed. Socities and culture were built on monogamy, because of war; societies that were able to evolve fastest were those that could specialize their skills and produce food. By having agriculture produce food on large levels, other skills prevailed, like blacksmiths; it also enabled men to go off to war.