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> "Marriage", according to anthropologists, is a universal human construct found in all human societies, ancient and modern I'd be wary of an antropologist cla

• ardit33 6y ago
  From written record. We know for sure, since Old Egypt/bronze era, marriage was almost universal. Heck, we even have tablets of workers that built the pyramid that were writing about how they think they made a mistake marrying their wife, as she is miserable and complains all the time, and suspicion of her cheating. It is a story that could have been written today, but it was written 4800 years ago
  • dmos62 6y ago
    I'm not implying you don't find marriage in ancient times that resembles modern marriage. I'm pointing out the bold generalizations. > We know for sure, since Old Egypt/bronze era, marriage was almost universal. For sure almost. Earth's experienced a larger number and variety of cultures than some people give it credit for. Let's not make generalizations about human nature based on someone else's generalizations about human past. Noone owes a justification for acting the way they do. When you introduce justifications, you enter the realms of dogma.
  • wl 6y ago
    There's a decent argument that marriage came about as a consequence of agriculture, where paternity suddenly mattered when it came to inheriting property. Of course, this predates writing, making it hard to definitively prove one way or another.
    • nicoburns 6y ago
      It's possible, but pair bonding is also common in other species such as Puffins where inheriting property is unlikely to be a factor.