But how significant is the 'traditional' male father role for a good upbringing of a child?
If the traditional male role involves making sure the pregnant or nursing woman does not starve, very.
Monogamy is a minority marriage type among human cultures
Heh. How about among successful human cultures? :-D
See the link above; it's not clear that the food provider role of males was actually widely present in prehistoric people, and the upbringing of the children might have been predominantly a task carried out by the entire group, not by a father/mother family structure.
Heh. How about among successful human cultures? :-D
Not sure what causes your amusement. Isn't there still the possibility that this is memetics rather than genetics?
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