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Re:Explaining Sex Rate Changes by dexen on Monday April 08, 2019 @12:11PM (#19606496)
You have significantly over-estimated the procreational success rate of men. Consider this research[1] - in the ancient past, the rate of long-term descendants was seventeen women to one man. Note that this is about long-term, multi-generational success, so the rate was higher in each single generation.

[1] https://psmag.com/environment/17-to-1-reproductive-success

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Re:Explaining Sex Rate Changes by antisthenes on Monday April 08, 2019 @04:24PM (#19608678)
Yes, in the ancient past.

If you read my post carefully, you'll see I only estimated the percentage for societies where monogamy is enforced (either through peer pressure, religion, or both)

I also did not cite the source you did, because I consider it of enough poor quality to be unreliable in debate.

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