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From: bevans@gauss.unm.edu (Mathemagician)
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Subject: Re: Are Humans Naturally Monogamous?
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Date: 16 Nov 90 20:30:58 GMT
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In article <1990Nov15.194025.27299@ariel.unm.edu> eellis@leo.unm.edu (Eli) writes:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>  Volumes of articles re: above  
>>I for one do not quite understand all the hubbub... for me , centuries of 
>>spontaneous non-monagamous behavior is enough to convince me that we are 
>>** NOT  **  naturally monogamous, and that monogamy where it exists is 
>>largely a culturally-imposed phenomenon.  Apologies if this seems too 
>>simplistic to Netters at large... :-)

>	I agree with this person totally.  

Well, I disagree.

For me, centuries of spontaneous monogamous behaviour is enough to
convince me that SOME of us ARE naturally monogamous and that
promiscuity, where it exists in SOME, is largely a culturally
imposed phenomenon.

Apologies if this seems to simplistic to Netters at large.

--
Brian Evans             |"Momma told me to never kiss a girl on the first
bevans at gauss.unm.edu | date...But that's OK...I don't kiss girls."