Re: Male and female classes of chromosome sequences


<jgissw1@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi, Jois,
> Well, the idea is that some males would form harems, so all mtDNA
> would have some chance of survival, subject, of course, to the woman
> having at least one female child. However, the males on the outside
> could only propagate by sneaking a little. That would mean fewer
> chances for a diversified Y DNA to survive.
> Some baboons (my poor memory) says that secondary males did manage
> to sneak a little, but that the primary male would bite the female for
> this.
> OTOH, Sieilstad (Watson, again) found that women were 8 times as
> mobile as men, but I wonder if his research involved settled people.
> That is, would hunter gatherers might be different, even if the woman
> did move to the husband's clan.
> Especially, if the groups were moving into an area empty of other
> humans.
> REgards
> John GW
>

Today where more than one wife is permitted by the culture or religion, it
is limited by the male's ability to provide for more than one wife. Though
allowed, it might not be seen in practice because economic considerations.
No matter how far back the practice extends, there must always have been
some similar limiting factor.

On the other hand, it is very difficult to limit reckless male behavior
today and I feel sure this extends deep into our past as well. Why not
consider this as a more possible causative factor than harems and precluding
same males from mating?

My "proof" is the difference between car insurance for males 16-25 and
females 16-25 - at least in the US the difference is expensive. Certainly
the young terrorist bombers we see from the mid-East argue for recklessness
as well as bidability.

Can't remember if the "8 times more mobile" females were from settled
peoples or not.

Jois


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