monogamy
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"Humans have a range of partnerships that create conditions for a mix of full and half-siblings with strong parental investment, from serial monogamy to stable polygamy."
From Science Daily • Jan. 22, 2026
The species most similar to humans in the study is the white-handed gibbon, with a monogamy rate of 63.5%.
From Science Daily • Jan. 22, 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
The study presents a comparative ranking that measures levels of monogamy across a range of mammal species, including humans.
From Science Daily • Jan. 22, 2026
“My love, my one and only, precious, precious . . .” Mother, monogamy, romance.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
