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Humans are far closer to meerkats and beavers for levels of exclusive mating than we are to most of our primate cousins, according to a new University of Cambridge study that includes a table ranking ...

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Some animals have multiple partners throughout their lives, while others, like modern humans, are primarily monogamous. Mark Dyble of the University of Cambridge investigated the reproductive behavior ...

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