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Category Archives: Origins of Behaviour
Infanticide in primates but social isolation in mammals led to monogamy
Among primates, including perhaps humans, monogamy evolved because it protected infants from being killed by rival males. But for mammals in general Social monogamy may have evolved where breeding females were intolerant of each other and female density was low as a mating strategy where males were unable to defend access to multiple females. Continue reading
Posted in Ancestors, Evolution, Homo Sapiens, Origins of Behaviour
Tagged infanticide, mammals, Monogamy, origins of monogamy, primate monogamy
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