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→Monogamy may have been selected by cultural evolution because of its benefits for society
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* By shifting male efforts from seeking wives to paternal investment, normative monogamy increases savings, child investment and economic productivity. | * By shifting male efforts from seeking wives to paternal investment, normative monogamy increases savings, child investment and economic productivity. | ||
* By increasing the relatedness within households, monogamy reduces intra-household conflict, leading to lower rates of child neglect, abuse, accidental death and homicide. | * By increasing the relatedness within households, monogamy reduces intra-household conflict, leading to lower rates of child neglect, abuse, accidental death and homicide. | ||
Koos et al. (2019) found concrete evidence in African polygynous groups where unmarried men felt being treated more unequally and were readier to use violence in comparison to men belonging to monogamous groups. Interestingly, monogamists men have proven to have a higher [[IQ]] than non-monogamous men in a study by Kanazawa (2009). | |||
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* Henrich J, Boyd R and Richerson PJ. 2012. ''The puzzle of monogamous marriage.'' [[http://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2011.0290 FullText]] | * Henrich J, Boyd R and Richerson PJ. 2012. ''The puzzle of monogamous marriage.'' [[http://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2011.0290 FullText]] | ||
* Koos C, Neupert-Wentz C. 2019. ''Polygynous Neighbors, Excess Men, and Intergroup Conflict in Rural Africa.'' Journal of Conflict Resolution, 0022002719859636. [[https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0022002719859636 Abstract]] | |||
* Kanazawa S. 2009. ''IQ and the values of nations.'' Journal of Biosocial Science, 41(4), 537-556. [[https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-biosocial-science/article/iq-and-the-values-of-nations/B28886FC682668151084DF2E9DC5C0AF Abstract]] | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||