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Cattle breeders don't allow inferior males to breed at all and typically a single bull can have thousands of progeny via artificial insemination. That doesn't happen in human societies where most males will have a chance to breed. Also the time-spans are far longer for humans than cattle where the next generation is ready for breeding two years after birth.

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> That doesn't happen in human societies where most males will have a chance to breed.

We can get a precise idea about this since it shows up in the genetic record and over the long term it's under half. A lot more men than you think are cuckolds.

>That doesn't happen in human societies where most males will have a chance to breed.

How do you know most males get chance to breed in our society?

Just because a lot of men end up married and have kids to show doesn't mean they are their biological kids.

These days I see single moms are marrying guys who simply take care of the kids they already had.

Meanwhile Denmark sperm export is doing good.

These days many people are getting suprize on 23andme when they come to know about their lost connections.

If anything what 23andme etc have demonstrated is overall how faithful women have been because the surprises are very much in the minority. i think we can agree that Danish sperm export has played little or no role in the growth of Dutch people since 1850.

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