A mathematical model by Sergey Gavrilets, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, is getting a lot of media attention. It has found that monogamous, romantic love — or, more prosaically, pair-bonding — may have evolved in a sexual revolution that could have laid down the roots of the modern family.
- http://healthland.time.com/2012/05/29/the-ancient-sexual-revolution-that-may-have-spurred-human-monogamy/
- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2150989/Women-staged-sexual-revolution-created-modern-society–key-choosing-meek-providers-alpha-males.html
- http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-human-monogamy-20120529,0,7040060.story
- http://www.abc.es/20120529/ciencia/abci-primeros-hominidos-fieles-201205282147.html
- http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/5630/full