http://aeon.co/magazine/being-human/is-human-sexuality-determined-by-evolution
Beckerman at Pennsylvania
State University has drawn
attention to what he calls
‘partible paternity’, where a
woman has sex with more
than one man in order to
get pregnant, with these
multiple partners jointly
recognised as fathers of the
offspring. This practice is
common throughout the
lowlands of South America,
and other examples can be
found around the world.
And some cultures, such as
the Na (or Mosuo) people in
southwest China, don’t seem
to have any stable pair
bonds at all. Among the Na,
monogamy is frowned upon,
everyone is free to have as
much casual sex as he or
she wants, and jealousy is
apparently unheard of. |
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