Modern man found to be generally monogamous, moderately polygamous

Wednesday, March 3, 2010 - 13:28 in Paleontology & Archaeology

New research has found that modern man, or Homo sapiens, would have been monogamous while exhibiting tendencies toward polygamy over the course of evolutionary history. These findings are consistent with studies in evolutionary psychology and anthropology that depict contemporary human populations.

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