To understand this predisposition for monogamy, he takes readers through the myriad feelings of love, from the heady, breathless exhilaration of falling, to the stubborn persistence of familial affection, to the bitterness of betrayal.

为了理解夫妻制的偏向，邓巴博士带领读了爱的各种感觉，从初坠爱河时忘乎所以，呼吸困难的兴奋，到义无反顾地维持家庭关系，再到遭到背叛时的心如刀割。

Another suggestion's based on the observation that male lizards in monogamous relationships tend to be bigger and stronger than other males.

另个想法是基于夫妻制的雄性蜥蜴比其他的雄性更大、更强壮的观察。

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

种强迫参与遵守不健康的夫妻制的违背常理的协定。

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

而很少有男人，即便是最贴，最优秀，最忠诚拥护夫妻制的人拥有这样的意志力。

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

后代与父母间的令人意外的外表差异我们早对这种全无夫妻制的物种间“夫妻”二。

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夫妻制的物种。”

And this is because gibbons are pretty monogamous; they raise children together.

这是因为长臂猿是夫妻制的。他们起抚养孩子。

Rhinoceros hornbills are monogamous, so when they find a partner, they mate for life.

犀鸟是夫妻制的，所以当它们找到伴侣时，身交配。

A long-term relationship, it's so easy to slip into the grooves of monogamy.

长期关系中，很容易陷入夫妻制的惯性轨道。

Many rationalists I spoke to live in polyamorous communities because they believe monogamy is irrational.

我交谈过的许多理性主义生活在多配偶社区，因为他们认为夫妻制是不理性的。

And it's not just a conversation about monogamy.

这不仅仅是次关于夫妻制的谈话。

I always used to think monogamy was a sham.

我过去总认为夫妻制是骗人的。

I'm a serial, like, I'm a serial monogamous.

我是那种直认真对待段感情的人，像，我是个连续夫妻制的人。

It's also a strategy that could include all monogamous couples.

这也可以成为包括所有夫妻制伴侣的策略。

So y'all in a monogamous relationship, it's you and him.

所以你们处于夫妻制的关系中，只有你和他。

She's written them in her memoir about struggling with monogamy.

她已将这些经历写入回忆录，讲述了她在坚持夫妻制过程中所经历的挣扎。

But in a monogamous scenario where everyone knows who the dad is, that's actually dangerous for the female and her offspring in this chimp model, I mean, which one presumes, at some point, our ancient ancestors were very much like them.

但在夫妻制的情况下，每个人都知道父亲是谁，这对于这个黑猩猩模型中的雌性及其后代来说实际上是危险的，我的意思是，人们推测，在某种程度上，我们的远古祖先非常像它们。

However, according to the many people who have been in long-distance relationships, there are certain pitfalls that you need to be aware of to enjoy a committed and monogamous relationship over the wires of the net.

然而，根据许多有过异地恋经历的人的说法，您需要注意些陷阱， 才能通过网络享受忠诚和夫妻制的关系。

" We chose to investigate this question using monogamous mating systems because animals with monogamous mating systems are available in all of the different vertebrate clades." Rebecca Young, a research associate and evolutionary biologist, who led the study.

“我们选择使用夫妻制的交配系统来研究这个问题，因为在所有不同的脊椎动物进化枝中都有具有夫妻制交配系统的动物。”领导这项研究的助理研究员兼进化生物学家丽贝卡·杨 (Rebecca Young) 说。

Well, come to find out, study after study kept coming in and we found so much evidence of infidelity -- (Laughter) among bird species, particularly these songbirds that we thought were the pinnacle of monogamy.

原来，项又项的研究不断出炉， 我们发现了大量的不忠证据——（笑声）特别是在鸟类中， 尤其是那些我们认为是夫妻制典范的鸣禽。