[CrimsnBlade]

>Our goal was to understand why monogamous marriage has become standard in most developed nations in recent centuries, when most recorded cultures have practiced polygyny

I had no idea that the majority of older cultures practiced this. I'm no history buff either though. Still, that's very surprising to me for some reason.

[creshal]

Concubinage, harems and the like were quite common.

The reverse, polyandry, also saw occasional practice, like in pre- and early Islamic Iran.