1 août 2011

Is monogamy like vegetarianism?


Just as we're omnivores who can swear off meat, we're a promiscuous species capable of change, an expert argues. Psychologist Christopher Ryan is out to defeat an archetypal figure in the mythology of monogamy. No, not prince charming; he's after the widespread belief in a prehistoric hunter who would slay an antelope on the plains and heroically haul it back to his nuclear family.

-Salon