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Or just the probability who the father is, is dispersed over many males. Not necessary the uniform distribution, of course.
No, they believe the child can have multiple fathers. Gilgamesh is described as two-thirds god, and I don't think they meant ten out of sixteen great-great-grandparents.
...huh. I had always just assumed that referred to him being somehow two-thirds god "in substance", rather than in parentage...
I think both is possible.
You think it is possible that the historical civilizations under discussion had an understanding of reproduction such that they could predict that each child could only have one father? What evidence leads you to promote this hypothesis?