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Also the idea that a non-catastrophic reduction in the male population would affect the size of the next generation is probably wrong. If we assume a lack of strict monogamy, that is (probably a reasonable assumption?).


> The Yanomamö had the habit of stealing each others' women for polygynous unions


Reduction of number of males results in women getting stolen and probably even more men getting killed in the process. So the population of given group will significantly reduce.


Not if the other groups’ males are killed at a similar rate.




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