Humans rank above meerkats but below beavers in monogamy league table
by Ian Sample Science editor from on (#722DX)
Human beings in 7th place out of 35 species on monogamy scale, according to a study by Cambridge University
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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