The indigenous Himba people, some of which are hunter gatherers, in northern Namibia are polygynist. (Credit: Hans Stieglitz/Wikimedia) Sexually transmitted diseases have been infecting humans for a ...

Northern Namibia’s indigenous Himba people, some of whom are hunter-gatherers, are polygynist. Hans Stieglitz/wikimedia, CC BY-SA Sexually transmitted diseases have been infecting humans for a ...

Helaman Pratt was a polygynist, too -- from the Greek polus, for "many," and gynaikes, for "women." Polygamy -- having many wives -- is not so common.

Socially imposed monogamy in humans is an evolutionary puzzle because it requires costly punishment by those who impose the norm. Moreover, most societies were—and are—polygynous; yet many ...

This included "polygynist marriages", in which a man takes multiple wives, and marriages where one party is under the lawful marriage age. Their research, ...

The bad thing about polygamy is that it tends to dissipate wealth. But polygyny—which is all over the place—is much worse.