polygyny

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“Looking at modern day hunter gatherers who provide some sort of model for pre-agricultural societies, ie any human society prior to about 10,000 years ago, then polygyny is very rare,” he said.

From The Guardian

In a Snapchat reply to one of his followers, Odah stated that men should settle for marrying only one woman, an unpopular opinion in a country where polygyny is widely practised.

From BBC

But the authors found that polygyny had an even stronger effect on females: It made them drabber.

From Science Magazine

Plus, the Code of Hammurabi has rules on polygyny, noting that a man can take a second wife if she can’t bear him children.

From Salon

That’s why some 16 million men today can trace their ancestry back to Genghis Khan, a tyrant who pushed polygyny to its physical limits.

From Washington Post