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From: eellis@leo.unm.edu (Eli)
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Subject: Re: Are Humans Naturally Monogamous?
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Date: 16 Nov 90 21:10:50 GMT
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>  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.
>
Then explain the high rate of divorce.