Mise
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The "polygamy" part of the research seems incidental - an afterthought. Certainly not the crux of the research. It seems as though the newspaper has provided an exciting headline to an otherwise dull piece of research.
Men in polygamous societies live longer
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Julian Delphiki
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Well, quite a few newspapers did jump on that same bandwagon with similar headlines.
Researches also do say that results might change with more comprehensive study..
Researches also do say that results might change with more comprehensive study..
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The Great Head.
Which means that their methodology is crap and they know it, as I stated earlier.
Mise
isle of lucy
Their methodology wasn't meant to test whether or not polygamous men live longer than monogamous men, it was designed to test whether men live longer as an evolutionary side-effect of women living longer, or if it was to do with men still being fertile late in life (as opposed to women, who undergo menopause). Overzealous reporters are treating an incidental result (which I can safely say is neither statistically nor logically valid) as a key finding.
Don't blame the researchers, blame the reporters.
And also their definition of polygamous simply means "a man not in a monogamous relationship", rather than "a man with many wives".
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