Meet The Tibetans That Allow Brothers To Share One Woman
Polyandry is believed to be more likely in societies with scarce environmental resources, like the Tibetans. It is believed to limit human population growth and enhance child survival. it is a rare form of marriage that exists not only among peasant families, but also among the elite families.
In Tibetan, the marriage of all brothers in a family to the same wife allows family land to remain intact and undivided. If every brother married separately and had children, family land would be split into unsustainable small plots. In contrast, very poor persons not owing land were less likely to practice polyandry in Buddhist Ladakh and Zanskar.In Europe, the splitting of land was prevented through the social practice of impartible inheritance, for example, disinheriting most siblings where many of whom, then became celibate monks and priests.
Polyandrous mating is also a common phenomenon in the animal kingdom.
Culled: hfmagazineonline.com
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