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" ... "A settler population of 5,000 males, mating with local women, would have had to grow by more than 1% per year for several centuries," Scheidel says in response to Tofanelli and colleagues' conclusions. This is substantial and out of character for the ancient world, particularly considering the ancient Greeks were not polygamous. "Maybe growth rates were higher than we think," Scheidel suggests, "but their settler numbers seem very small. This would translate to just a few dozen ships full of Greeks, over a considerable period of time, which is problematic. It's hard for me to see how a few thousand settlers could have produced the large Greek population we see in Sicily a few centuries later." ... "
" ... "Everything that was crazy and great about the Tiger King was all in the original series,” he goes on. “I mean: Joe's a gay, gun carrying, polygamous, redneck with multiple husbands and 200 tigers” ... "
" ... A Tanzania safari package is not complete without a trip to a Maasai village. The Maasai are the nomadic and indigenous people northern Tanzania and southern Kenya, perhaps known best for their polygamous families, worshiping of cows and diet consisting of milk, honey and bovine blood. Most tours work with the local Maasai and arrange visits for tourists, who are welcomed to haggle for homemade trinkets and explore the mud and dung huts. (Many travelers will pack clothes and linens they no longer need and donate them to the villages.) If you are lucky you will be greeted with a customary, boisterous dance and offered to taste cow’s blood (though the process is not like ordering an espresso: a Maasai warrior punctures a cow’s throat with an arrow at point-blank range and drains the blood for more than an hour). ... "
" ... Also like Ng, who referenced the polygamous societies in which brothers shared a wife, King has borrowed from this historical tradition. In her novel, May-ling’s Husbands One and Two are brothers, which complicates the relationship dynamics when the trio decide to bring in another husband. ... "
" ... The decision raises some potentially uncomfortable questions, however, including whether religious institutions will be able to maintain their contrary views toward same-sex marriage, and whether states will also be forced to recognize polygamous marriages. After all, Roberts, wrote, the leap from two-person marriage to polygamy, in historical and cultural terms, is much smaller than the leap to same-sex marriage. ... "