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It is everywhere set aside, to a greater or less extent, in favour of the two forms of polygamy—polygyny and polyandry.
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Hence the original form of polygamy was probably not polygyny—the only form, practically, that later occurs—but polyandry.
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Indeed, this is what has almost universally happened wherever pure polygyny prevails.
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In the northerly regions, where immigration and racial fusion have played a greater rle, both monogamy and polygyny may be found.
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The same is true of America and of Africa, monogamy decidedly predominating in the former and polygyny in the latter.
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