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Originally Posted by amj  Why do you think monogamy is practiced more than polygamy? |
Is it? I always thought polygamy was more common. Not in the United States, but worldwide, I mean.
From Wikipedia: According to the Ethnographic Atlas Codebook, of the 1231 societies noted, 186 were monogamous. 453 had occasional polygyny, 588 had more frequent polygyny, and 4 had polyandry.