Re: Are Humans Naturally Monogamous?

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From: Daryl Scott Cantrell
Date: Tue, 04 Dec 1990 07:15

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In article <1990Nov23.174050.10587@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> newman@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Bill Newman) writes:
[...]
>It is true that non-monogamous behavior is seldom observed in birds.
>However, with the advent of fast and cheap DNA "fingerprinting" techniques
>for paternity testing, it has become possible for us to 
>find out what the birds are doing when they think no one is watching,
[...]

  There is someone "out there", right now, whose job it is to apply the latest
biological technology to find out whether birds are secretly fooling around
when we're not looking.
  Scary world.
  Sure am glad my species won evolution..


>  Bill Newman
>  newman@theory.tn.cornell.edu


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