Friday, August 12, 2022

How Monogamy Took Hold

 From Ancient Origins:

Human, socially imposed monogamy, as Agencia SINC explains, is something of an evolutionary puzzle, for the efforts and sacrifices required by those who accept it. Scientists had always believed that the much-debated idea of monogamy was established after the advent of agriculture and the creation of more modern human societies. However, a new study suggests that sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), also known as Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), had an important role in the establishment of monogamy as a common model for human coexistence.

According to a study recently published in the journal Nature, the appearance of multiple STDs, along with the birth of agriculture, forced prehistoric men and women to develop partnerships formed by larger groups. This new way of life, with its internal pressures due to contact with the same population, led to the establishment of the first social standards, causing a change from polygamy to monogamy. (Read more.)
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