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Old Mar 19, 2013, 08:57 PM
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Originally Posted by FrightenedRabbit View Post
But I would suspect that the monogamy in other species is for quite a different reason than the reason humans feel they need to be monogamous (for those that do). Does that make sense?
Right. Only humans can rationalize the need for monogamy, in particular, or any social arrangement, in general. So if monogamy exists in some species, it probably either is due to some evolutionary advantage or chance, but not rationalization.