Polygamy May be a Key to Long Life »
Posted By Bkumm 10 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & TechnologyWant to live a little longer? Get a second wife. New research suggests that men from polygamous cultures outlive those from monogamous ones.
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Ex-Navy, degrees in History and Marketing and Management.
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gamahuche10 months, 3 weeks ago
When I saw the title and your name attached I figured that explained why we hadn't seen you in a long time..
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Good story though!
I wonder how many male propellerites are going to be giving their partners some surprise news - and of those how many will survive INTACT to give us feedback regarding the response?
Maybe I'll try it on my gf today as we're going for a little drive.
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Bkumm10 months, 3 weeks ago
I don't know if it would be called polygamy. Humans (and all of the great apes) are naturally more likely to have more than one mate at any one time. This goes more for the male of the species than the female, but that is an evolutionary strategy, not a social one.
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From an evolutionary standpoint it makes more sense to have a larger core family unit than just one father and one mother. For instance, is a child more or less likely to continue on the family line if the only father dies? This would be less likely in general.
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BronxBomber10 months, 3 weeks ago
Good study Bkumm, but I'm totally footloose and fiancee' free. Besides, a bachelor is a fella who never makes the same mistake...once.
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kritikit10 months, 3 weeks ago
they eat healthy, because you have a large garden and the labor to support it, its a life style because they cant afford processed foods or live in a large polluted city. its bunk marring over and over is just a guise for being broke, its a homegrown con.
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