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#778 Carles Lalueza-Fox - Inequality: A Genetic History

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The Evolution of Polygamy in the Americas

There's no clear connection then between for example polygamy and higher economic inequality. I don't know if the idea of having many descendants was was the main goal it was maybe a byproduct of having many sexual partners that could also be an explanation right so I would like to ask you about two historical events that perhaps you can comment on  and tell us why they are illustrative of the kinds of things we've been talking about here. How the america's got populated after the european arrival and the slave trade across the atlantic so what happened there in terms of reproduction and how can we see that in genetics possibly.

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