Yeah, I think formalized monogamous marriage arose mostly through cultural group selection as per Joseph Henrich: http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/367/1589/657 …
Did tribes tolerate alpha male polygyny partly so the leader had more genetic #skininthegame about the tribe's long-term well-being?
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Nothing wrong with a group/multi-level selection argument if it's done right: https://www.primalpoly.com/s/1994-group-selection-bbs-commentary.pdf …
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I'm thinking mostly of tribe transitioning from hunter-gatherer egalitarianism into pastoralism or neolithic status, e.g. bronze age tribes
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Alpha males have to sleep sometime, so could be easily taken out by even a small number of disgruntled lower-ranking males.
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@nntaleb touched the topic as "skin of others in the game", don't think the "skin" trasfers to the genetic lvl so easily -
Yet, the genetic
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