(April 2, 2018 at 12:24 pm)rskovride Wrote:(April 2, 2018 at 11:20 am)Hammy Wrote: I think both monogamy and polygamy are natural for humans. But I definitely think they're more monogamous than most animals.I knew someone was going to say this. Of course it is natural for some because it happens. That is not the essence of the question, imo.
Then "natural" needs to be defined.
I think I already predicted that and dealt with what I suspect to be the essence of the question here though:
(April 2, 2018 at 12:01 pm)Hammy Wrote: I'm forced to pretty much agree that monogamy is natural because everything is.... but I take it that what you really meant is "Is monogamy something humans have cultivated but before civilization developed they were all naturally non-monogamous?" to which I say "no"... I think humans in the state they evolved in, prior to culture, are probably both naturally monogamous and non-monogamous.
Bold added.
