The fact is that monogamy had nothing to do with love.

实际上一夫一妻制已经与爱情无关。

I'm not even monogamous with the people I'm monogamous with.

我跟我该一夫一妻的 都不是一夫一妻制了。

Yet it is a one-sided monogamy they seek.

然而，他们寻求的是单方面的一夫一妻制。

And again this is surprising because they've evolved monogamy independently.

“这同样令惊讶，因为它们独立进化出了一夫一妻制。

For millions of years we have formed partnerships, pair bonding, or monogamy.

百万年来，我们形成了伴侣关系，结或一夫一妻制。

An unnatural arrangement which forces its participants into an unhealthy monogamy.

一种强迫参与者遵守不健康的一夫一妻制的违背常理的协定。

Mother, monogamy, romance. High spurts the fountain; fierce and foamy the wild jet.

母亲，一夫一妻制，讲恋爱。喷泉喷得很高；喷泉撒着野，飘着水沫。

Monogamy in animals… and let's be honest, in humans too… is a funny thing.

一夫一妻制在动物界——老实说在类中也如此——是件有趣的事。

And we were able to find species that had independently evolved monogamy in each of these lineages.

“我们能在其中每个世系中找到独立进化出一夫一妻制的物种。”

So I would define monogamy as a formation of a lasting partnership or a social relationship between mates.

所以我将一夫一妻制定义为一种持久的伴侣关系或配偶之间的社会关系。

Unlike most animals, it seems that they're relatively monogamous, returning to the same partner year after year.

不像大多数动物一样，它们看起来更像是一夫一妻制，每年都会回到相同的伴侣那里。

Monogamy. What makes one species pair off, while members of a closely related species play the field?

一夫一妻制。是什么让一个物种配对，而其近亲物种却脚踏多条船？

Well, y'know, monogamy can be a, uh, tricky concept. I mean, anthropologically speaking Fine. Now you'll never know.

恩，你知道，一夫一妻制值得商榷。就类学的观点而言… 行… 这是你们的损失。

Cheating might also help explain the otherwise unexpected physical differences between males and females in apparently monogamous species.

后代与父母间的令意外的外表差异我们早就对这种全无一夫一妻制的物种间“夫妻”二者。

And few men -- even the nicest, finest, and most monogamously faithful and loving -- have such willpower.

而很少有男，即便是最体贴，最优秀，最忠诚拥护一夫一妻制的拥有这样的意志力。

Heterosexual monogamy is certainly not nature's status quo.

异性一夫一妻制当然不是自然的现状。

I've been involved in a monogamous relationship over a year.

我已经参与了一年多的一夫一妻制关系。

We actually kind of met through the non-monogamy community.

我们实际上是通过非一夫一妻制社区认识的。

Suggesting we may have evolved to be non-monogamous, too.

这表明我们也可能已经进化为非一夫一妻制。

And you talk about polygamy versus monogamy, for instance.

例如，您谈论一夫多妻制与一夫一妻制。