Creative

 

That also doesn't factor in the make aspect either, both for sex and for creating babies that carry on his genes in the world.

 

Just a thought !

 

I don't have kids.

 

 

 

 

In Africa and to our north it is.

 

And a fair few live there.

 

 

And who said women go hunting ?

Men going hunting, women go gathering !

 

 

 

 

I don't really have any answers but exploring the questions can be interesting.

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@creative*crisis wrote:

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Marriage is an institution created by humans mainly for financial reasons, nature is more interested in creating as much diversity in the species to insure it's survival

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Some birds pair for life.  However genetic test show that some species, are quite promiscuous, and many babies in one nest are fathered by different male.  Which is good for maintaining diversity of the species, while staying with one partner assures welfare of the babies.

I dont either, it is an interesting discussion.

I only know about Africa and other places because friends go there a lot hunting and they always come back with photos of such and such tracker with his 2, 3 wives etc.

Don't forget it is practised in Australia still in Aboriginal culture.
A relative of a friend of mine has 3 wives and kids by all of them.

He sowed his seed far and wide !!!

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@vicr3000 wrote:

 

And who said women go hunting ?

Men going hunting, women go gathering !

 

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Yes, and if man had 3 wives and each had number of kids, he would have to hunt enough for all of them. 

This guy can hunt, and shoot, in fact he is damn good at both.

Problem is, welfare, a supermarket and Fray Bentos pies are far easier.

 

Standard diet in camps

 

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@***super_nova*** wrote:

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@vicr3000 wrote:

Then why is Polygamy so widespread ?

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Is it? 

 

In the distant past child needed 2 parents to survive, at least for few years.  Woman alone could hardly go hunting with an infant or 2 in her arms.  So, one woman and one man would have usually baby every 2 years.  It would be hard for man to provide for 2 families, until the society became more developed, and man did not have to personally do all the work. 

 

I do not have a problem with what ever structure of family people choose; their lives, their choice.

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I depends how distant the distant past is..... if it was caveman times they lived in tribes didn't they?   So everyone would provide for each other.  It's probably the same in some other tribes now.    Interesting idea to explore.