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Are Humans Monogamous? (2020 Rerun)

Psychology In Seattle Podcast

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We're Not Monogamous, Right?

We seem to have more behavior like bonobos crossed with chimps in antiquity where essentially it was a mix of the free form sexuality by coupled with the violence. And over time, society and forced rules that made us more like a peaceful bonobo chimp version with monogamy, but with the peace aspect. So that's within history, right? Because culture emerged well before the written record that we have. But then, and then one kiss, because of agriculture, for example. Right. The onus is almost on the other side because maybe the reason chimps and bonobos are not humans is because their way of organizing wasn't as conducive as the way that humans eventually organized. Yeah

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