High rate of extrapair paternity in a human population (advances.sciencemag.org) 32 points by bookofjoe 6y ago ↗ HN
[–] [dead] solonely 6y ago ↗ Let me guess the conclusion: the natural situation is for one guy to be the biological father and some other guy to pay for the care as shown by the resourcefuls himba but in civilized countries this is not possible because of the damn patriarchy? [–] felipetavares 6y ago ↗ Why do you think that? [–] solonely 6y ago ↗ Read the abstract
[–] fxtentacle 6y ago ↗ What an unwieldy title.But fascinating to see how much non-marital pregnancy varies depending on culture.In Western culture, for example old UK traditions, there was a much stronger focus on inheritance, so extramarital kids were branded Bastard or Whoreson. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastard_(law_of_England_and_...It appears that in cultures without the need to insure blood lineage for political reasons, people were much more tolerant towards those kids.
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[ 4.7 ms ] story [ 18.6 ms ] threadBut fascinating to see how much non-marital pregnancy varies depending on culture.
In Western culture, for example old UK traditions, there was a much stronger focus on inheritance, so extramarital kids were branded Bastard or Whoreson. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastard_(law_of_England_and_...
It appears that in cultures without the need to insure blood lineage for political reasons, people were much more tolerant towards those kids.