polygamy
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"Humans have a range of partnerships that create conditions for a mix of full and half-siblings with strong parental investment, from serial monogamy to stable polygamy."
From Science Daily • Jan. 22, 2026
Regarded as the "lion of the nation", the Zulu king is the custodian of age-old traditions that place marriage and polygamy at the heart of royal success.
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2025
The DNA also revealed polygamy and “levirate unions,” in which closely related males—brothers, or a father and son—had children with the same woman.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 24, 2024
He was married to Irene Mzila, a nurse, eschewing the polygamy followed by many Zulu chiefs.
From Reuters • Sep. 9, 2023
I examined polygamy, not as a doctrine but as a social policy.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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