Xref: utzoo sci.psychology:3413 sci.bio:3706 alt.romance:5198 soc.men:23546 soc.women:29623 soc.singles:71926 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!aplcen!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!noao!amethyst!organpipe!hindmost!garlow From: garlow@lpl.arizona.edu (Kevin Garlow x2272) Newsgroups: sci.psychology,sci.bio,alt.romance,soc.men,soc.women,soc.singles Subject: Re: Are Humans Naturally Monogamous? Message-ID: <330@organpipe.UUCP> Date: 25 Oct 90 19:38:24 GMT References: <1990Oct24.175532.9407@pmafire.UUCP> <13922@cs.utexas.edu> Sender: news@organpipe.UUCP Followup-To: sci.psychology Organization: Lunar & Planetary Laboratory, Tucson AZ. Lines: 18 In article mikeb@wdl31.wdl.fac.com (Michael H Bender) writes: [deletions] > >female version.) I would point out further that recent studies in biology >have shown that numerous animals, once thought to be polygamous, are NOT. ^^^^^^^^^^ >E.g., various species of birds that mate for life have recently been shown >to have numerous "extra-marrital" relationships. > [deletions] >Mike Bender I *think* Mike meant to say that "Studies have shown that numerous animals, once thought to be MONOGAMOUS, are not." This would jibe with the following sentence. Kevin Garlow