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[Boerseun]

I'm not really sure what you want to discuss here, but as far as I'm concerned, the whole monogamy thing with humans might be slightly overstated and mostly cultural and probably artificial.

Genetic tests amongst many animals believed to be monogamous have indicated that a very big percentage of offspring are not related to the male the female associates herself with.

Also, if any male or female has a predisposition to copulate outside the bounds of their relationship, it should definitely be a characteristic to be selected for. A promiscuous male clearly has a genetic lead over his rivals who stick to exclusively procreating in their relationships - he can have hundreds of offspring in his lifetime, whilst his monogamous male peers will only have as many children as his female partner can bear.

So, I personally believe that humans are polygamous at their very core - and all the monogamous pretensions we might have is simply a thin veneer of culture plastered over our true lusty selves.