Polygamy is common for most mammals....
On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 3:51 PM, LizR <lizj...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 17 April 2014 02:36, <spudboy...@aol.com> wrote: > >> Some of it is motivated from females needing to survive and look after >> their children. How much wealth, be it hunted game, or IPO stock options. >> Unless the male is very wealthy, there is no advantage for the female to >> share a mail, Some do, and they are the exception. There are logical >> reasons why monogamy has succeeded, and polygamy and polyandry to recede. >> This may be changing? Unless a man pair bonds with a women, and we had the >> option, when you to have sex with multiple females, say within the same >> month, we would opt for it. The version of planet Earth is not in this >> universe, though, somewhere in Hugh Everett-ville. >> >> >> Yes, polygamy can only work where food is plentiful etc, otherwise the > monogamy genes will come to dominate when children need more than one > parent to rear them successfully. If men can wander off and still propagate > their genes, they will do so, because that becomes a successful strategy - > as some men do, of course... This is supposed to account for the difference > in sexual attitudes between hot and cold countries, although some would > consider that racist / non-PC ... still, seems logical nevertheless. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/everything-list/-LyjqBLxxFY/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Kindest Regards, Stephen Paul King Senior Researcher Mobile: (864) 567-3099 stephe...@provensecure.com http://www.provensecure.us/ “This message (including any attachments) is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is non-public, proprietary, privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law or may be constituted as attorney work product. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, notify sender immediately and delete this message immediately.” -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.