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I wonder whether traditional marriage is the cause of western style society rather than a product of it. If only the Alpha males get to reproduce then you only
by rjsw 8y ago
I wonder whether traditional marriage is the cause of western style society rather than a product of it.
If only the Alpha males get to reproduce then you only select for Alpha male type characteristics. You don't select for the gene sets that will produce new inventions, good craftspeople, or people who can work at administration of larger groups.
- menzoic 8y agoThere is no alpha male. The original study confused the father in a family of wolves as a general "alpha". The original author retracted the results, but it still lives on. https://www.businessinsider.com/no-such-thing-alpha-male-2016-10 https://www.businessinsider.com/no-such-thing-alpha-male-201...
- hopler 8y agoSubstitute "alpha" with "cad", then. The fact remains that when transaction costs are reduced (as with mobile app dating), polygamy increases to that number of 20% of males mating with 80% of the females, with reproduxtio mitigated by modern birth control.