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[–] 1 point 10 months ago

First, what it really measures is not the rate of monogamy (as in being with one partner at a time), but the rate at which animals only mate with one other animal throughout life, without contraception (which humans have).

Second, I wonder how culture shapes the score for humans. A lot of monogamous behavior in humans is shaped not by natural drive to stick to one partner, but by culturally defined repercussions for going out with someone else.

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