Disease dynamics and costly punishment can foster socially imposed monogamy

Many human societies transitioned from polygyny to socially imposed monogamy as group sizes increased. Using a simulation model, the authors show that sexually transmitted infections impose heavier fitness penalties on polygynists as group size grows, enabling monogamists who punish polygyny to thri...

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Autores principales: Chris T. Bauch, Richard McElreath
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:d82ad0266f7744f385cec4e8b6faf9752021-12-02T14:39:29ZDisease dynamics and costly punishment can foster socially imposed monogamy10.1038/ncomms112192041-1723https://doaj.org/article/d82ad0266f7744f385cec4e8b6faf9752016-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11219https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723Many human societies transitioned from polygyny to socially imposed monogamy as group sizes increased. Using a simulation model, the authors show that sexually transmitted infections impose heavier fitness penalties on polygynists as group size grows, enabling monogamists who punish polygyny to thrive in large groups.Chris T. BauchRichard McElreathNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2016)
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Disease dynamics and costly punishment can foster socially imposed monogamy
description Many human societies transitioned from polygyny to socially imposed monogamy as group sizes increased. Using a simulation model, the authors show that sexually transmitted infections impose heavier fitness penalties on polygynists as group size grows, enabling monogamists who punish polygyny to thrive in large groups.
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title Disease dynamics and costly punishment can foster socially imposed monogamy
title_short Disease dynamics and costly punishment can foster socially imposed monogamy
title_full Disease dynamics and costly punishment can foster socially imposed monogamy
title_fullStr Disease dynamics and costly punishment can foster socially imposed monogamy
title_full_unstemmed Disease dynamics and costly punishment can foster socially imposed monogamy
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