Jake’s Reviews > Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind > Status Update

Tennessee just declared Nuclear Family Month over Pride Month, surprisingly, I’m on this chapter-paraphrased “Foragers lived devoid of monogamous relationships and even fatherhood. A woman could have sex and form intimate bonds with several men (and women) simultaneously, and all the band’s adults cooperated in raising the children. Since no man definitely knew which of the children were his, men showed equal concern for all youngsters.”

On a separate society “A good mother will make a point of having sex with several different men, especially when she is pregnant, so that her child will enjoy the qualities not merely of the best hunter, but best storyteller, strongest warrior, and considerate lover. If this sounds silly, bear in mind that before the development of modern embryological studies, people had no solid evidence that babies are always sired by a single father rather than by many.”