monogamy

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"Once monogamy was locked in, there was no longer any evolutionary pressure to maintain genes involved in sperm motility."

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

The result is an estimated monogamy rating that can be compared across species and cultures.

From Science Daily • Jan. 22, 2026

“My love, my one and only, precious, precious . . .” Mother, monogamy, romance.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley