Xref: utzoo sci.bio:3965 alt.romance:5557 soc.men:23815 soc.women:29994 soc.singles:73881 Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!n8emr!bluemoon!bmb From: bmb@bluemoon.uucp (Bryan Bankhead) Newsgroups: sci.bio,alt.romance,soc.men,soc.women,soc.singles Subject: Re: Are Humans Naturally Monogamous? Message-ID: Date: 25 Nov 90 18:51:25 GMT References: <59261@microsoft.UUCP> Sender: bbs@bluemoon.UUCP Followup-To: sci.bio Organization: Blue Moon BBS ((614) 868-9980/2/4) Lines: 9 > I am aware this seems to hold true for almost all people, but > it can also be demonstrated that a huge chunck of humanity > drinks alcohol, there's no sane reason for it, it does nothing > to promote survival, and ideally no one would do it. Yet > billions do. Alchohol consumption continuew because in most individuals the reduction in survival capabilities is relatively small and valued much less than the benefits derived from the pleasant sensations. If cyanide gave a great high it would still be REAL unpopular.