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Gene Pool. Had early man been naturally monogamous, evolution might not have favored intelligence and the dramatic expansion of the brain. "If every male had been allowed the opportunity to contribute equally to the gene pool," writes Fox, "then we might have been forever stuck as Homo stupidus." He and others, notably Washburn and British Ethologist Michael Chance, have devised theories for explaining how the banished, peripheral males might eventually win their spurs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Ethology: That Animal That Is Man | 1/17/1969 | See Source »

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