Malinowski [0] describes a highly functional such society. Instead of paternity and monogamy, they had a similarly complex but different set of taboos. Reading

Malinowski [0] describes a highly functional such society. Instead of paternity and monogamy, they had a similarly complex but different set of taboos. Reading it will help you realize what a cultural bubble we all live in, and that there are completely different configurations of society that also work. [0] http://www.amazon.com/Sexual-Savages-Argonauts-Western-Pacific-ebook/dp/B00T8C3TYA/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1440020984&sr=8-4&keywords=malinowski http://www.amazon.com/Sexual-Savages-Argonauts-Western-Pacif...