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Yeah, it isn't clear what timescale they are discussing, but the graphic suggests that a near 1/1 pairing is a very recent phenomenon.
by swagasaurus-rex 12y ago
Yeah, it isn't clear what timescale they are discussing, but the graphic suggests that a near 1/1 pairing is a very recent phenomenon.
- saalweachter 12y agoYou still get at least an element of this with pretty recent til-death-do-us-part versions of serial monogamy: Gauss, for instance, had two wives, marrying a friend of his first wife after she died, and had children with both of them. (I'd be surprised if serial monogamy alone were enough to get a 4:1 ratio, but you can definitely get > 1:1 ratios out of it.)