Polygyny: References & Edit History
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Article title updated for style. | Nov 06, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Government of Canada - Polygyny and Canada's Obligations under International Human Rights Law. | Sep 01, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: PNAS - High rates of polygyny do not lock large proportions of men out of the marriage market. | Jun 26, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of California - eScholarship - Serial Monogamy as Polygyny or Polyandry? Marriage in the Tanzanian Pimbwe (PDF). | Oct 15, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CiteSeerX - The Mystery of Polygamy (PDF). | Mar 09, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Government of Canada - Polygyny and Canada's Obligations under International Human Rights Law. | Jan 22, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Polygyny. | Oct 03, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - An evolutionary case for polygyny to counter demographic collapse. | May 18, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: BMC - BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth - Psychological impact of polygamous marriage on women and children: a systematic review and meta-analysis. | Mar 15, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Nature Communications - Polygyny is linked to accelerated birdsong evolution but not to larger song repertoire. | Dec 14, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Royal Society Publishing - Greater wealth inequality, less polygyny: rethinking the polygyny threshold model. | Nov 03, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Frontiers - An evolutionary case for polygyny to counter demographic collapse. | Feb 28, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Stanford University - Polygyny. | Dec 19, 2010 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Manitoba - Polygyny. | Dec 17, 2010 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jul 15, 2008 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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