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192. Lesley Newson & Peter Richerson — A New Look at Human Evolution

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The Nuclear Family and the Monogamy

Im the nuclear fanile is this weird kind of aberation which started because of industrialization, when it became necessary for people to om to travel. Almost all societies have some form of marriage. Men compete with each other to have girl friends and then maternal family takes care of all the childry duties. An and men do hardly any work at all. Part dov elo projets od would basically bring men closer to full point. But you don't shame men into doing anything. You give them power. I meant you buy it. Im they that the ho the nearer the mear. We are descended from from groups that had those stable environments. We inherited the genes of those

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