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To: From many - one.

I have read a decent number of articles saying the a man is actually gaining an evolutionary advantage by having sex on the sly with as many women as possible. Also, that the woman who finds a "better" male specimen does better in evolutionary terms.

That sort of flies in the face of evolutionary thought lending itself to Judeo-Christian morality.


272 posted on 11/12/2005 10:17:41 AM PST by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It!)
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To: xzins
That sort of flies in the face of evolutionary thought lending itself to Judeo-Christian morality.

Kindly explain how the theory of gravity might lend itself to Judeo-Christian morality.

274 posted on 11/12/2005 10:25:18 AM PST by Gumlegs
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A man might...if he were also around to provide for those children and protect them.

Short term advantage: more offspring
Long term disadvantage: fewer offspring reproduce

Add in the fact that having a male unerelated to children in the home leads to mistreatment or death of unrelated offspring (sort of like lions)

Looking at the world-as-it-is I'm guessing that monogamy is on the rise for good sound biological reasons.


281 posted on 11/12/2005 10:46:32 AM PST by From many - one.
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