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Humans rank among leading monogamous mammals, study finds

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 10 December 2025

Human beings in 7th place out of 35 species on monogamy scale but behind moustached tamarins and Eurasian beavers

Humans are playing in the premier league of monogamous mammals, according to a new ranking of animals by their reproductive habits, but we may need a new manager to beat the beavers.

In the study from University of Cambridge, humans ranked 7th out of 35 species on the monogamy scale, pipping white-handed gibbons and meerkats, but lagging behind moustached tamarins and Eurasian beavers.

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Humans rank among leading monogamous mammals, study finds

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 10 December 2025

Human beings in 7th place out of 35 species on monogamy scale but behind moustached tamarins and Eurasian beavers

Humans are playing in the premier league of monogamous mammals, according to a new ranking of animals by their reproductive habits, but we may need a new manager to beat the beavers.

In the study from University of Cambridge, humans ranked 7th out of 35 species on the monogamy scale, pipping white-handed gibbons and meerkats, but lagging behind moustached tamarins and Eurasian beavers.

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Humans rank among leading monogamous mammals, study finds

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 10 December 2025

Human beings in 7th place out of 35 species on monogamy scale but behind moustached tamarins and Eurasian beavers

Humans are playing in the premier league of monogamous mammals, according to a new ranking of animals by their reproductive habits, but we may need a new manager to beat the beavers.

In the study from University of Cambridge, humans ranked 7th out of 35 species on the monogamy scale, pipping white-handed gibbons and meerkats, but lagging behind moustached tamarins and Eurasian beavers.