TY  - BOOK
AU  - Barash,David P.
TI  - Out of eden: the surprising consequences of polygamy 
SN  - 0190275502
AV  - GN480.33 .B37 2016
U1  - 306.84/23 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Polygamy
KW  - History
KW  - Human behavior
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Polygamy 101 -- Violence -- Sex -- Parenting -- What about monogamy? -- Adultery -- Genius, homosexuality, and God: three hypotheses -- The hare and the tortoise, redux -- Losing illusions -- Afterword -- Index
N2  - Esteemed writer and evolutionary biologist David P. Barash tackles this uncomfortable finding: that humans are actually biologically and anthropologically inclined toward polygamy. Drawing on decades of research, Barash presents a remarkable array of scientific evidence from evolutionary biology and cross-cultural studies that guide the reader through the hidden impacts of polygamy on such crucial behavior as violence, parenting, sexual preferences, adultery and efforts at monogamy itself, along with mind-bending speculation about the possible role of our polygamous predisposition when it comes to human genius, homosexuality and even monotheism
ER  -