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Article #1400Re: Are Humans Naturally Monogamous?
From: Chris Murphy --
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 1990 21:50
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 1990 21:50
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In article <1990Nov16.211050.8786@ariel.unm.edu> eellis@leo.unm.edu (Eli) writes: >For me, centuries of spontaneous monogamous behaviour is enough to >convince me that SOME of us ARE naturally monogamous and that >promiscuity, where it exists in SOME, is largely a culturally >imposed phenomenon. We are all naturally monogamous and we are all naturally polygamous. The human animal has the genetic capability to express a wide range of behaviors including the extremes at both ends of a continuum. Whether a culture evolved monogomy or polygamy is probably due to what worked under the conditions existing at the time the culture began evolving. This does not mean, however, that the alternate system would not have worked--it just means that one did. Humans have the potential to behave in manners from the ridiculous to the sublime. The definition of what is ridiculous or sublime depends on you. Chris Murphy murphyc@bionette.cgrb.orst.edu Dept. of Entomology Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon USA
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!usc!jarthur!uunet!ogicse!orstcs!bionette.CGRB.ORST.EDU!murphyc From: murphyc@bionette.CGRB.ORST.EDU (Chris Murphy -- ) Newsgroups: sci.bio,alt.romance,soc.men,soc.women,soc.singles Subject: Re: Are Humans Naturally Monogamous? Message-ID: <21856@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> Date: 19 Nov 90 21:50:00 GMT References: <1990Nov15.141028.25126@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov> <1990Nov15.194025.27299@ariel.unm.edu> <1990Nov16.203058.7780@ariel.unm.edu> <1990Nov16.211050.8786@ariel.unm.edu> Sender: usenet@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU Reply-To: murphyc@bionette.CGRB.ORST.EDU.UUCP (Chris Murphy -- ) Organization: Oregon State University - CMBL Lines: 19