monogamy
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Naomi began to question whether monogamy was for her after she realised she was bisexual.
From BBC • May 5, 2026
While some researchers have argued that high relatedness is not required, the new evidence suggests that monogamy and strong genetic ties were essential for termite societies.
From Science Daily • Jan. 31, 2026
"This loss doesn't cause monogamy," Professor Lo said.
From Science Daily • Jan. 31, 2026
"The finding that human rates of full siblings overlap with the range seen in socially monogamous mammals lends further weight to the view that monogamy is the dominant mating pattern for our species."
From Science Daily • Jan. 22, 2026
Many scholars vehemently reject this theory, insisting that both monogamy and the forming of nuclear families are core human behaviours.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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