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#520 - Robin Dunbar - The Evolutionary Psychology Of Love

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Are You the Second Wife of a Very Rich Man?

It's strange that we've got the mental faculties for love to be such a compelling, overbearing emotion for men as well, right? Yes, that's true. And it's just kind of worth pointing out at first, though, that these polygamous societies are all ones with very, very widespread of wealth. If you come from the poor end of society, your children are much more likely to die. So the issue, the trade-off, kind of women all around the world are operating with is: Is it better to be the second wife of a very, very rich man and therefore have a big cut of,. let's say, the land for you to grow crops on

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