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> > For much of human history [polygyny]

> I doubt it is true

GP is correct. Human history spans hundreds of thousands of years. You are talking about the most recent ca. 5000 years of enforced monogamy through the social/cultural institution of marriage, but this era has come to an end and we are reverting to the natural state of affairs (polygyny) again.



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