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ChristianKl comments on Open Thread, Jul. 20 - Jul. 26, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: ChristianKl 20 July 2015 10:41:21AM 2 points [-]

Anecdotally, in more traditional societies what typically men want is not a huge army of children but a high-status male heir

Most of evolution happened in hunter gatherer arrangements not in traditional farmer cultures.