The secret of a solid family is a man who can bring home everything he needs.
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The appearance of the family was due to a change in women's priorities: the ancient ladies were no longer attracted by mighty alpha males, whose place was occupied by male miners, whose fidelity the women had kept all their lives.
Anthropologists have long been troubled by the question of the origin of the family. The ancestors of man in this sense were similar to ordinary primates: in the group prospered free "relations" of all with everyone - of course, with an amendment to the hierarchy of males. "Alpha" was more likely to achieve the favor of females, and therefore male ancestors had to spend a lot of time and energy to compete with each other.
Of course, there are several theories explaining the transition from competitive polygamy to a monogamous family, but, according to Sergei Gavrilets of the National Biological and Mathematical Institute (USA), none of them could be realized. In return, the researcher offers his own model, a detailed description of which will be published in the journal PNAS. As the factors that can play a decisive role in the formation of the family, the women's choice and loyalty act.
According to the scientist, at some point in our history, women stopped paying attention to the valor of the males and began to prefer them to good miners, those who could provide themselves and the chosen one. It should be emphasized that a good earner is not necessarily a highly ranked individual: he can yield in strength, arrogance and other alpha male. But as soon as women stopped paying attention to this, low-ranking men had a chance. Ladies' favor could be won not on the lists, but filling it with gifts. And clarification of the relationship of males with each other has lost its sharpness.
As a result, the promiscuity community, in which the female obeyed the right of the strong, was replaced by a more peaceful and structured community of families in which men went for food, and women "remained faithful to the home".
The concept of female devotion, fidelity to its choice in this model is key: it is thanks to her that the structure of the family has been fixed in evolution. From this, one can easily conclude that the true guardian of family values is a man who does not forget to buy potatoes on his way from work, but not the one that patriarchal reigns in the family, abusing children and family.