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Subject: From an evolutionary standpoint what is the meaning of romantic love?

Date: Fri Apr 20 06:21:36 2012
Posted by Christina
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Area of science: Evolution
ID: 1334928096.Ev
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Why do humans have to fall in love? I'm not a stranger to the pangs of love, nor
am i opposed to romantic love, i just can't understand why people fall in love.
Is it an evolutionary trait? Does it only happen to humans and why? From an
evolutionary standpoint isn't romantic love destructive for a species? Wouldn't
polygamy and casual sex (without the emotional attachments) serve the
procreation of a species better? Why have our species evolved in such a way that
romantic rejection can be experienced in such a devastating manner? Is there a
higher purpose to this? Does all this have to do with the secretion of necessary
hormones, or something?


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