Xref: utzoo soc.women:29974 sci.bio:3946 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unmvax!ariel.unm.edu!gauss.unm.edu!bevans From: bevans@gauss.unm.edu (Mathemagician) Newsgroups: soc.women,sci.bio Subject: Re: Are Humans Naturally Monogamous? Message-ID: <1990Nov24.073609.25647@ariel.unm.edu> Date: 24 Nov 90 07:36:09 GMT References: <1990Nov23.015509.14871@massey.ac.nz> Sender: news@ariel.unm.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Society for the Preservation of E. coli Lines: 16 My mailer barfed on "bluemoon.uucp" as a path so I'm posting to the net. In article bmb@bluemoon.uucp (Bryan Bankhead) writes: > Humans seem to learn a wide range of mating patterns >monogamous polygamous polyandrous. Has anyone ever taught a new mating ^^^^^^^^^^^ I am wondering why you used this word. I mean, it isn't analogous to "monogamous" or "polygamous" (what a phrase! ;-) I am not denying that there is a pattern of mating with many men, but why not mention the pattern of mating with many women (polygyny)? Just wondering.... -- 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."