They are polygynous, meaning each male has up to ten mates in his territory. From Wordnik.com. [BellaOnline - The Voice of Women] Reference
What about polygynous, polyandrous or group marriages?. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » The right formerly known as the right to marry] Reference
There are a couple of other widespread polygynous social patterns. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Surplus of Males and Runaway (with the Bride-Price) Brides:] Reference
Typically he maintains his own fields, is polygynous, and serves the loa. From Wordnik.com. [The Serpent and the Rainbow] Reference
This suggests that, throughout history, humans have been mildly polygynous. From Wordnik.com. [Ten Politically Incorrect Truths About Human Nature | Impact Lab] Reference
Many species of seal are polygynous, where one male mates with many females. From Wordnik.com. [Again I stand corrected :) « Bound, Not Gagged] Reference
And the more polygynous the species, the prettier the males are likely to be. From Wordnik.com. [How to Tell Biology from Bullshit: Polygyny and Female Choice] Reference
In the Sahel region of Africa, half of all women live in polygynous households. From Wordnik.com. [Polygamy: Economics vs. History, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
The more polygynous the species, the greater the size disparity between the sexes. From Wordnik.com. [Ten Politically Incorrect Truths About Human Nature | Impact Lab] Reference
Non-gender specific polygamy, even if it is polygynous in many cases, seems distinctly preferable. From Wordnik.com. [Beyond Marriage] Reference
Then, this theory would say that human ancestors were not polygynous but were monogamous or polyandrous. From Wordnik.com. [Bell curves] Reference
“Non-gender specific polygamy, even if it is polygynous in many cases, seems distinctly preferable.”. From Wordnik.com. [Beyond Marriage] Reference
The draft Bill covered monogamous and polygynous Islamic marriages, which may exist alongside a civil marriage. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Banning polygynous marriages was inadvisable, even though some saw the practice as lowering the status of women, the SA Law. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
I suspect that few American women, for instance, would be that inclined to enter into polygynous one man, many women marriages. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » The politics of same-sex marriage vs. polygamous marriage:] Reference
Societies in sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean are much more polygynous than the Muslim nations in the Middle East and North Africa. From Wordnik.com. [Ten Politically Incorrect Truths About Human Nature | Impact Lab] Reference
Virtually all polygamous marriages are polygynous in fact. From Wordnik.com. [Legal Theory Blog] Reference
Don't they know that all of their close evolutionary cousins are polygynous?. From Wordnik.com. [Figleaf's Real Adult Sex - Confessions of a prudish libertine / grumblings of a libertine prude] Reference
In addition, humans have always been mildly polygynous in evolutionary history. From Wordnik.com. [WebWire | Recent Headlines] Reference
Humans, like their primate forefathers, it said, were at least "mildly polygynous". From Wordnik.com. [New Zealand Herald - Top Stories] Reference
The more polygynous the species, the greater the size disparity between the sexes. From Wordnik.com. [Planet Atheism] Reference
Being an occasional series reporting on the complications that accompany polygynous marriages. From Wordnik.com. [Daniel Pipes :: Writings] Reference
In Namibia, the polygynous Kavango have much higher testosterone than the much less polygynous!. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Lindsay] Reference
But surely it's possible that some incestuous or polygynous relationships involve rational citizens. From Wordnik.com. [South Dakota Politics] Reference
We know that humans have been polygynous throughout most of history because men are taller than women. From Wordnik.com. [Planet Atheism] Reference
But from someone in a polygynous relationship such as yourself, I was expecting something rather more enlightening than. From Wordnik.com. [WordPress.com News] Reference
Polygyny is on the decline in Uganda, but statistics show that an estimated 28 percent of women are in polygynous unions. From Wordnik.com. [AllAfrica News: Latest] Reference
This must necessarily be so, because in the polygynous family the care of the children rests almost entirely with the mother. From Wordnik.com. [Sociology and Modern Social Problems] Reference
It’d be interesting to see how this has traditionally worked out in polygynous societies. From Wordnik.com. [Good Response To Polygamy Argument] Reference
(2010) Male reproductive success and its behavioural correlates in a polygynous mammal, the. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
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