Are We Monogamous? A Review of the Evolution of Pair-Bonding in Humans and Its Contemporary Variation Cross-Culturally
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over the life course individuals may reenter the marriage market more than once serial monogamy where both men and women have multiple partners over their reproductive careers For example, data from the Standard Cross-Cultural Sample (Murdock and White, 1969), a representative global sample of prima
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- over the life course individuals may reenter the marriage market more than once
- serial monogamy where both men and women have multiple partners over their reproductive careers
- For example, data from the Standard Cross-Cultural Sample (Murdock and White, 1969), a representative global sample of primarily pre-industrial societies, indicates that polygynous marriage (one male, multiple females) is sanctioned in nearly 85% of societies
- However, upon closer inspection, within a small-scale polygynous society, the majority of marriages are monogamous
- sexual fidelity within a marriage is generally expected
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